ECL-Bm.9:7/1-2013
Parts
ECL-Bm.9:7/1-2013
Identification
Relief: fighting scene and Aesculapius, Hermes and the Graces.
assigned by cataloguer
Bm 9. 7.1 and 7.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same relief
Description
7.1: fighting scene. On left two soldiers move right , one with a shield and flaming torch. A nude soldier stands with his back to the viewer, holding a spear and a shield. A female, wearing boots and a short tunic and carrying a torch, moves left towards him and points to left. On right a soldier, holding a sword and a shield, stands with his foot raised on shields piled on a dead body and threatens an enemy who sinks to the ground far right.
7.2: Hermes, holding his caduceus, stands on left behind a bearded man, who sits on a rock seat and gestures to a bearded figure, Aesculapius, on right. The god holds a club entwined with snakes on the ground. On right stand the three Graces.
7.2: Hermes, holding his caduceus, stands on left behind a bearded man, who sits on a rock seat and gestures to a bearded figure, Aesculapius, on right. The god holds a club entwined with snakes on the ground. On right stand the three Graces.
relief
height (actual size): 312mm
width (actual size): 428mm
width (actual size): 428mm
In ye Pallace of Carraffa in Naples written in ink on the back of the drawing
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Unknown (Artist)
c.1710-1730
History and association
• Fuhrer (no.46)