ECL-Bm.3:23-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.3:23-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: youth and lions
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A nude youth, his left knee resting on a dead lion, on which his garment also rests, takes hold of the mane of a small lion on right on rock mound. There is a tree trunk behind his right leg. The sides of the rock mound are covered with trees, between which animals appear here and there. According to Montelatici, this is a small group of marble.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 498mm
width (actual size): 759mm
width (actual size): 759mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Camera di Diogene. Un gruppo d'Hercole che piegando un ginocchio sopra un leone
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (274)
