ECL-Bm.12:40/1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:40/1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: triumph of Dionysus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.16
Bm 12 40.1 and 41.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus.
Bm 12 40.1 and 41.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 16
Description
Content (description)
The procession moves right led by a male on the back of a bull, the head of which is held by a male wearing a loincloth. Then a nude youth and an infant satyr help a bearded male in a himation, perhaps Silenus. Three males stand in the background. Next comes a nude captive, his hands bound behind his back, followed by a lion, round which cluster two satyrs, Pan and a bearded male. They are followed by a nude youth with a staff and, in the background, two draped putti riding two elephants. In the foreground Silenus with a cup and a bunch of grapes rides on the back of a sagging panther. On left Dionysus drives in his chariot with a satyr. It is not clear how the chariot is drawn, perhaps by the elephants. A youth and a bearded male look on in the background
Content (object)
drawing
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 507mm
width (actual size): 735mm
width (actual size): 735mm
Inscription
Villa Medici No. 16 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
C.written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right
B written just below drawing in pencil, truncated and continued on 41.2
B written just below drawing in pencil, truncated and continued on 41.2
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730