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ECL-Bm.3:16-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.3:16-2012

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): 482mm
width (actual size): 758mm

Inscription

Villa Borghese

Inscription description

written in pencil on the back of the drawing: 16

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Louvre (Ma 302)
• Charbonneaux (251)
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