ECL-Bm.9:7/2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.9:7/2-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: fighting scene and Aesculapius, Hermes and the Graces.
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 9. 7.1 and 7.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same relief
Description
Content (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.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 311mm
width (actual size): 425mm
width (actual size): 425mm
Inscription
In ye Pallace of Carraffa in 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
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Fuhrer (no.46)