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ECL-Bm.12:40/1-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.12:40/1-2013

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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.

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

Dimensions

height (actual size): 507mm
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

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Person

Calderi, Carlo (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

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