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ECL-Bm.3:12-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.3:12-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus lid: the childhood of Apollo and Artemis

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

This is the right half of the lid only; for left half see Bm 3. 3
Jupiter sits on left facing the viewer, resting his left leg on a globe. The young Apollo, nude, stands at his knee, a goddess standing on right. Two goddesses sit on right facing one another and a female with billowing drapery stands between them in the background, while a smaller female approaches from right

Content (object)

drawing

Content (note)

Lid of Sarcophagus

Dimensions

height (actual size): 372mm
width (actual size): 484mm

Inscription

Villa Borghese. Secondo recinto

Inscription description

written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right: DX

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• RR (III ; 167.1 and 3)
• ASR (III ; 1. no.33)
image 146343
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