ECL-Bm.11:59/3-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:59/3-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: discovery of Ariadne
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.19
Bm 11 57.1 and 58.2 and 59.3 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
Bm 11 57.1 and 58.2 and 59.3 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 19
Description
Content (description)
In the centre lies Ariadne. A maenad and a satyr lift her garment from her. Two maenads, one holding an infant, look on in the background left, while Pan, seated on a high rock on left turns to Dionysus, who stands in a biga, supported by a young satyr. Two bearded centaurs draw the biga, the one in the background carrying a krater on his shoulder; the other with a garland round his belly and a putto sitting on his back, has sunk to the ground with his hindlegs and embraces a young centaur. On far left a draped maenad stands cross-legged, leaning on a pillar, a tiger behind her legs. On right of Ariadne a young Pan sits on the ground with a tiger and points to her. A nude satyr playing crotola and a draped maenad playing a tympanum dance together. On far right two females pour libations at a blazing altar, at the foot of a pillar, on which stands the statue of a nude youth. On far left and right grow vines, which spread their tendrils along above the figures to the centre.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 415mm
width (actual size): 249mm
width (actual size): 249mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Mattei No. 19 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Matz (III ; no. 220 now lost)
• Monumenta Matthaeiana (III. tav. VII.1)
• Monumenta Matthaeiana (III. tav. VII.1)