ECL-Bm.12:76-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:76-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Short sides of Leucippidae sarcophagus no. 73-74
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 116
Bm 12 nos. 76 and 77 are catalogued together as drawings of the same sarcophagus. See also Bm 12 nos.73 and 74
Bm 12 nos. 76 and 77 are catalogued together as drawings of the same sarcophagus. See also Bm 12 nos.73 and 74
Other number
Fa 3 No. 116
Description
Content (description)
76: left side. A youth wearing a cloak on left and a draped female with her head covered on right join hands in front of a curtain, which hangs between a bare tree trunk on left and a vase and a pillar on right. A tablet (?) appears over the middle of the curtain. A Victory stands on the corner with the front.
77: right side. On left a draped female with her head covered approaches a youth, who stands facing the viewer on right, his head covered with a lion skin (?) He holds out his right arm towards her. They stand in front of a curtain, which is draped from a bare tree trunk on right to a vase on a pillar left. A Victory stands on the corner with the front.
77: right side. On left a draped female with her head covered approaches a youth, who stands facing the viewer on right, his head covered with a lion skin (?) He holds out his right arm towards her. They stand in front of a curtain, which is draped from a bare tree trunk on right to a vase on a pillar left. A Victory stands on the corner with the front.
Content (object)
relief
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 508mm
width (actual size): 382mm
width (actual size): 382mm
Inscription
Calderi Villa Medici No. 116 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
V. MEDICI No. 116 written in pencil on the front of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• ASR (III ; 2 no. 180)
• Toynbee (The art of the Romans London 1965 fig. 34)
• Toynbee (The art of the Romans London 1965 fig. 34)
