ECL-Bm.9:6/1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.9:6/1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus(?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 9. 6.1 6.2, 6.3 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus/urn.
Description
Content (description)
6.1: on left a bearded male sits on a draped seat, attended by a female, toward whom a putto leads a youth with a cloak over his head. On right a draped female turns to right, carrying two blazing torches.
6.2: on left are two draped males, one bearded and holding a club. A nude youth stands holding a spear (?) and a draped female, moving vigorously and holding a tympanum, gestures to him. Three females on right, the one in the middle seated on the ground and holding a tympanum, also gesture together as they look towards the youth. On far right a female carries a vannus of fruit on her head, a rod over her left shoulder. In the background hangs a curtain, slung over a bearded herm on far right by an altar. A figure with head covered appears over the curtain behind the altar.
6.3: a draped female leans on the shoulder of the herm and looks to left. A youth wearing a cloak gestures to left. On far right a putto leads a female to right to a youth who points at her.
6.2: on left are two draped males, one bearded and holding a club. A nude youth stands holding a spear (?) and a draped female, moving vigorously and holding a tympanum, gestures to him. Three females on right, the one in the middle seated on the ground and holding a tympanum, also gesture together as they look towards the youth. On far right a female carries a vannus of fruit on her head, a rod over her left shoulder. In the background hangs a curtain, slung over a bearded herm on far right by an altar. A figure with head covered appears over the curtain behind the altar.
6.3: a draped female leans on the shoulder of the herm and looks to left. A youth wearing a cloak gestures to left. On far right a putto leads a female to right to a youth who points at her.
Content (object)
drawing
urn
urn
Content (note)
This sarcophagus is described as an urn in the writing on the back of the drawing Bm 9. 6.3
Dimensions
height (actual size): 298mm
width (actual size): 423mm
width (actual size): 423mm
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730