ECL-Bm.11:54/2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:54/2-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Bacchic procession
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.15
Bm 11 53.1 and 54.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
In the catalogue this was originally described as a Bacchic thiasos, now it has pencilled addition 'a procession'
Bm 11 53.1 and 54.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
In the catalogue this was originally described as a Bacchic thiasos, now it has pencilled addition 'a procession'
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 15
Description
Content (description)
On far right, a nude male, his foot raised on a stone, holds the collapsed figure of a child, resting its head on a tree trunk. The procession is led to right by a nude satyr, who carries a club and a wineskin on his shoulder. A draped Maenad follows, blowing a pipe, with a tiger running by her and looking back to Silenus, who is assisted by a satyr and a child. Then comes a maenad dancing, and another playing crotola in the background. On left nude Dionysus, holding a thyrsus and supported by a satyr, rides in a biga drawn by centaurs, one of whom plays a lyre, the other a horn. A putto stands on the back of the lyre player and holds the reins. A maenad dances in the background. In the foreground a fire burns on a pedestal. A putto fondles a recumbent lion beneath the raised hooves of the centaurs.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 379mm
width (actual size): 548mm
width (actual size): 548mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Mattei No. 15 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 15 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RR (III ; 292.1)
• Matz (II ; no. 120: Palazzo Mattei)
• Matz (II ; no. 120: Palazzo Mattei)