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ECL-Bm.12:135-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.12:135-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Battle sarcophagus

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Was Fa 2 no. 111
Bm 12 133, 134, 135 are catalogued together as drawings of the same sarcophagus
This is the famous Ludovisi sarcophagus with the Roman commander dominating the fight in the centre of the confusion. This drawing does not capture the crowded confusion of the original

Other number

Fa 3 no. 111

Description

Content (description)

Roman soldiers with armour, helmets and shields and many fallen bodies and horses blending together in the confusion of battle

Content (object)

drawing

Content (note)

This is the Ludovisi sarcophagus with the Roman Commander dominating the fight in the centre of confusion.

Dimensions

height (actual size): 550mm
width (actual size): 352mm

Inscription

Campiglia Villa Ludovisi no. 111 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Aurigemma ((1963) no. 221 Museo Nazionale, Rome inv 8574)
• Fuhrer (no. 2354)
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