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ECL-Bm.2:22-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.2:22-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus short side: male and female flank a doorway

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

A male and female, both draped, stand on right and left of elaborate doorway. Two spirally fluted columns support the lintel with its floral decoration and there seems to be a third, plain, column supporting the inside of the doorway. There is a pediment over the door and a frieze runs behind the figures.

Content (object)

drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 377mm
width (actual size): 478mm

Inscription

Villa Borghese. Quarta facciata. Un poeta ed una musa

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Montelatici (181 ?)
• Louvre (Ma 1497)
• RS (I ; 116.1)
• Wegner (no.76)
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