ECL-Bm.12:42-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:42-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: capture of wild animals
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.17
Other number
Fa 3 no. 17
Description
Content (description)
A bearded man in a tunic gallops on horseback up the gangplank into a sailing boat on right. In the boat a man gets ready to remove the plank. The horseman is pursued by two lionesses (?) one of which in the foreground, stops to sniff at a sphere. In the background on left a lion stands on an object which seems to be of basketwork. There are waves bottom right.
Content (object)
relief
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 510mm
width (actual size): 769mm
width (actual size): 769mm
Inscription
Calderi Villa Medici No. 17 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
C No. 17 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. 61 On the facade of the Villa Medici)
