ECL-Bm.8:16-2013
Parts
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
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
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
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Matz (II ; no. 142)
• Rossi
• Rossi
