ECL-Bm.3:15-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.3:15-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: portrait flanked by putti in various activities
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In the centre is the portrait of the dead woman to the waist. On each side are three arches supported on herms with putto-heads. In the arches from left a winged putto flies to a female sleeping at the foot of a tree on right; a putto holding a pedum rides a ram to left; a putto plays the double flute by a pedestal on right; (on right of portrait) a putto plays the crotola by a garlanded round altar on left; a bearded male brandishes a pedum and attacks Pan who is sitting playing his pipes at the foot of a tree right; a putto and Psyche embrace.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 487mm
width (actual size): 759mm
width (actual size): 759mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese
Inscription description
written in pencil on the back of the drawing: 15
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Louvre (Ma 302)
• Charbonneaux (251)
• Charbonneaux (251)
