ECL-Bm.5:39/2-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.5:39/2-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus lid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm. 5 38.2 and Bm 5. 39.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus lid.
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Description
Content (description)
On left Sol drives his quadriga up to right over a reclining half-draped male. There is a winged female in the background. In the centre stands a nude male holding a spear and with a dog at his feet. At each side of him stands a draped female, who once held a staff and with a basket on the ground by her leg. A bird stands by the foot of the female on left. This central group is flanked by the two Dioscuri with their horses. On right Luna drives her biga down to right while a winged female top right flies towards her holding out a drape. At each corner of the lid is a mask.
There is a scale lower left.
There is a scale lower left.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 481mm
width (actual size): 756mm
width (actual size): 756mm
Inscription
Urna colocata nel Portico della chiesa di San Lorenzo fuori de la Mura.
Inscription description
S.L. II written in pencil on the front of the drawing
A length and height guage also written in pencil on the front of the drawing
A length and height guage also written in pencil on the front of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
