ECL-Bm.12:65-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:65-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus : hunt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 40
Other number
Fa 3 no. 40
Description
Content (description)
On left a youth with a dog at his feet plunges his spear into the throat of a panther, which sinks to the ground. In the background a youth holds a spear and brandishes a rock, while his companion holds the bridle of a horse far left. In the centre a youth accompanied by Virtus and another youth on left rides to right brandishing his spear (now lost) at a lion which bounds at him from right. Another figure on horseback on right gestures to the lion; two youths stand on right behind it, one armed with a spear, the other with a staff. A deer, boar and dog are to be found right of centre on the groundline. Five trees grow in the background, including a palm tree in the centre.
Content (object)
drawing
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 510mm
width (actual size): 772mm
width (actual size): 772mm
Inscription
Calderi Villa Medici No. 40 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
V. MEDICI No.40 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
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. 35(?) perhaps in the Villa Medici)
