ECL-Bm.6:68-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.6:68-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus fragment: Prometheus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Fa 3 no. 109 (formerly Fa 2 no. 109)
Other number
Fa 3 no. 109
Description
Content (description)
Prometheus, almost nude, sits on rocks on right and models a child on a pedestal. On left Athena, wearing her aegis and helmet and holding a spear, holds out a butterfly to one of three children who stand in the centre. At top centre a genius loci reclines on a rock by a tree.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 367mm
width (actual size): 463mm
width (actual size): 463mm
Inscription
Palazo Vitelleschi num.o 109 written in ink on the back
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RS (I ; 105.2)
