ECL-Bn.15:73-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:73-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Achilles
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre is shown Achilles on Scyros among the daughters of Lycomedes. The central group is flanked by groups of soldiers with two half-draped old men seated.
On left Achilles sits holding his lyre flanked by two females and with a dog at his feet. A warrior blows a horn in the background right and a nurse stands to left with a vase at her feet.
On right Achilles stands in the centre, now armed, while a servant fits on his greaves. On left are Ulyssess and two soldiers, on right a nude youth and a soldier. In the background are two horses.
This engraving shows the front and the two short sides of a sarcophagus of Greek type.
Beneath the engraving, which is three pieces of paper stuck together is a legend, the first and last parts of which have been written in ink, the rest engraved:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/ VOLUMNIO BANDINELLO/ Bernardinus Capitellius D. Sarcophagum illum niciphagi diadematis, quo ex Vaticanis eruto fundamentis Burghesiu Suburbanu incrustarunt.....(thereafter the usual dedicatory effusions)
On left Achilles sits holding his lyre flanked by two females and with a dog at his feet. A warrior blows a horn in the background right and a nurse stands to left with a vase at her feet.
On right Achilles stands in the centre, now armed, while a servant fits on his greaves. On left are Ulyssess and two soldiers, on right a nude youth and a soldier. In the background are two horses.
This engraving shows the front and the two short sides of a sarcophagus of Greek type.
Beneath the engraving, which is three pieces of paper stuck together is a legend, the first and last parts of which have been written in ink, the rest engraved:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/ VOLUMNIO BANDINELLO/ Bernardinus Capitellius D. Sarcophagum illum niciphagi diadematis, quo ex Vaticanis eruto fundamentis Burghesiu Suburbanu incrustarunt.....(thereafter the usual dedicatory effusions)
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 147mm
width (actual size): 672mm
width (actual size): 672mm
Inscription
See Description:
Beneath the engraving, which is three pieces of paper stuck together is a legend, the first and last parts of which have been written in ink, the rest engraved:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/ VOLUMNIO BANDINELLO/ Bernardinus Capitellius D. Sarcophagum illum niciphagi diadematis, quo ex Vaticanis eruto fundamentis Burghesiu Suburbanu incrustarunt.....(thereafter the usual dedicatory effusions)
Beneath the engraving, which is three pieces of paper stuck together is a legend, the first and last parts of which have been written in ink, the rest engraved:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/ VOLUMNIO BANDINELLO/ Bernardinus Capitellius D. Sarcophagum illum niciphagi diadematis, quo ex Vaticanis eruto fundamentis Burghesiu Suburbanu incrustarunt.....(thereafter the usual dedicatory effusions)
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Capitelli, Bernardino, 1589 - 1639 (Engraver)
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
References
• ASR (II no. 26. )
• Charbonneaux (p. 217 no. Ma 2120 In Paris)
• Charbonneaux (p. 217 no. Ma 2120 In Paris)