ECL-Bm.2:12-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.2:12-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Achilles plays a lyre among daughters of Lycomedes
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Achilles, half-draped, sits on throne, beneath which there is an animal (dog?), and holds his lyre on his knee. Flanking him are two draped women, the one on left dancing, the other holding a musical instrument (?). On right, by a vase on the ground, is a bent old woman. Above in the background appear the head and shoulders of an armed figure who blows a horn. Far right is a fragment of a figure holding a sword.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 385mm
width (actual size): 491mm
width (actual size): 491mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Quarta facciata. Apolline con quattro muse
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (176)
• Louvre (Ma 2120)
• Charbonneaux (217)
• RS (I ; 19.4)
• ASR (II ; no. 26a)
• Louvre (Ma 2120)
• Charbonneaux (217)
• RS (I ; 19.4)
• ASR (II ; no. 26a)
