ECL-Bm.12:64-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:64-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus fragment: discovery of Ariadne
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 38
Other number
Fa 3 no. 38
Description
Content (description)
Ariadne reclines on rocks bottom right at the foot of a tree. A putto, holding an arrow, gestures towards her and leads Dionysus to her. Dionysus is half-draped with a vine wreath on his flowing hair, and holds a thyrsus entwined with vine. A dog(?) sits at his feet on left. On left a draped maenad stands playing a tympanum, while a female kneels on ground bottom left over a basket of grapes. A satyr sits to left on rocks upper left by a tree, playing the pipes and looking over his shoulder to right. In the background right, a female with her garments knotted between her bare breasts carries a great platter of fruit on her head to right. A nude putto sits on the rocks by Ariadne and gestures to the female. A palm tree grows in the background right of centre.
Content (object)
drawing
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 513mm
width (actual size): 769mm
width (actual size): 769mm
Inscription
Calderi Villa Medici No. 38 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
C.no. 38 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. 32 on the facade of the Villa Medici)
