ECL-Bm.2:40-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.2:40-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: death of the Niobids
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre a youth falls struck by an arrow, but holds on to the bridle of his rearing horse, behind which a girl with billowing drapery runs to left.
Upper right another youth falls from his horse, wounded in the stomach. In the foreground a nurse holds a falling girl. Further right in the foreground is a youth on a fallen horse, and in the background two figures with arrows in their backs, one falling forward on his horse. On far right stands Niobe with billowing drapery and two small children around her skirts. Left of centre two bearded men support a son and daughter, while a girl falls upper left, another lies dead bottom right. At far left a pedagogue tries to protect a boy.
Upper right another youth falls from his horse, wounded in the stomach. In the foreground a nurse holds a falling girl. Further right in the foreground is a youth on a fallen horse, and in the background two figures with arrows in their backs, one falling forward on his horse. On far right stands Niobe with billowing drapery and two small children around her skirts. Left of centre two bearded men support a son and daughter, while a girl falls upper left, another lies dead bottom right. At far left a pedagogue tries to protect a boy.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 503mm
width (actual size): 779mm
width (actual size): 779mm
Inscription
La sala di Villa Borghese. Sopra la prima porta dell'appartamento verso tramontana
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (192)
• ASR (III ; 3 no. 316)
• Toynbee, Art in Roman Britain (Hadrianic School pl.XXXVIII.3)
• ASR (III ; 3 no. 316)
• Toynbee, Art in Roman Britain (Hadrianic School pl.XXXVIII.3)
