ECL-Bm.9:6/3-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.9:6/3-2013
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): 310mm
width (actual size): 426mm
width (actual size): 426mm
Inscription
No.3 These three all on an urn in a Chapel in In ye Nuns Church of Sta Chiara Naples written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730