ECL-Bm.7:96-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.7:96-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Cupids and Psyches as Seasons
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 6
Other number
Fa 3 no. 6
Description
Content (description)
A curved sarcophagus with a protome of a leaping lion at each end. Across the front are two nude putti and two loosely draped Psyches, all winged, as Seasons. From left, a Psyche wearing a leafy garland holds a vine(?) cornucopia and a brace of duck, then a putto wearing a flower garland holds a basket of flowers and two dangling objects. Next a Psyche wearing a corn garland holds a sheaf of corn and a putto with a vine garland holds a vine cornucopia and an enormous bunch of grapes. Along the bottom of the relief, from left, a bird pecks fruit, a hen pecks flowers, then there is a small animanl ( a sheep or rabbit?), a goat, and a small animal (rabbit?) by a basket of grapes.
Content (object)
drawing
Content (note)
Palazzo de' Signori della Valle
Dimensions
height (actual size): 497mm
width (actual size): 749mm
width (actual size): 749mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo della Valle No. 6 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Pal.zo della Valle N. 6 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
