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ECL-Bm.2:43-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.2:43-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus fragment: muses

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

On left Polyhymnia leans on her pillar to right, where stands another muse who turns to face the viewer. A basket of corn stands on the ground bottom right (according to Wegner, this is a later addition). A curtain hangs in the background, Montelatici : 'col fondo di marmo nero fregiato di giallo.'

Content (object)

drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 295mm
width (actual size): 225mm

Materials & techniques note

black ink and black lead pencil on wash on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Montelatici (209)
• Louvre (Ma 465)
• RS (I ; 106.4)
• Wegner (no. 74)
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