ECL-Bm.8:17-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.8:17-2013
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): 397mm
width (actual size): 551mm
width (actual size): 551mm
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.
B 4 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated.
Written in the album in which the drawings are held is No. 17 - 3 A 4
B 4 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated.
Written in the album in which the drawings are held is No. 17 - 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
