ECL-Bm.12:36-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:36-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: preparations for Bacchic rite (?) and sacrifice
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.13
Other number
Fa 3 no. 13
Description
Content (description)
On left two females wearing short tunics and boots stand one on each side of a man who wears a toga, has his head covered, holds a cornucopia of fruit on his left arm and a globe in his right hand. In front of him stands a cista (?) with a conical top and with a snake wrapped round its base. A tree grows far left. On right is a palm tree, from which a curtain hangs into the background to right. A nude female, about to pass behind the curtain, points to a monster lying on the ground, half hidden by the curtain. On right a male makes a gesture of surprise at the monster, another figure peers down at it. In the centre a figure carries a block(?) on his head. On right grows a pine tree, at the foot of which a large cauldron stands on high rocks. A nude female kneels on right and reaches into the cauldron. On far right a small draped figure sits on an animal-legged stool on a high rock mound and seems to be writing on a tree trunk.
Content (object)
relief
bust
bust
Content (note)
On the facade of the Villa Medici (Cagiano de Azevedo no.55 ) but the piece is rather different from the drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 495mm
width (actual size): 770mm
width (actual size): 770mm
Inscription
Calderi Villa Medici No. 13 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
C. No. 13 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Cagiano de Azevedo (no.55 On the facade of the Villa Medici)
