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ECL-Bm.8:16-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.8:16-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus: Indian triumph of Dionysus

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bm 8. 15, 16,17 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus

Description

Content (description)

On right a satyr, brandishing a club, rides on a lion, followed by a satyr and draped maenad. They lead a donkey, on the back of which rides a satyr carrying a large shallow basket of grapes on his head. Pan follows and then comes a maenad piping as two lions, driven by a putto, draw a carriage in which Dionysus reclines. Next comes an elephant with two small captives on its back, followed by two maenads, a satyr, and lastly a maenad carrying a lidded bowl. Eight putti are dotted around here and there and ten other bacchic figures occupy the background.

Content (object)

drawing

Content (note)

Villa Pamfilia

Dimensions

height (actual size): 395mm
width (actual size): 556mm

Inscription

Campiglia Villa Pamfilia, Facciata a Tramontana written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

B3 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
A2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated.
3B written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right, truncated.
Written in the album in which the drawings are held is No. 16 - 3 A 4

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Matz (II ; no. 142)
• Rossi
image 147058
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