ECL-Bn.15:86-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:86-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Rape of Proserpine
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre Pluto drives his quadriga to left carrying Proserpine with him. A female figure rises among the horses and three putti play around her. The horses leap over the figure of Tellus and a bearded male. On left stands Hermes and two draped females. On right a female kneels on the ground by a basket of flowers and raises her hand, brandishing a rod. Three putti play around her. On far right Ceres drives to left in a chariot drawn by two dragons, with a putto as charioteer.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL. MO EQUITI DNO MEO OBSER.IL/ OTTAVIANO MARTINIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which records the sarcophagus in the Villa Medici.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL. MO EQUITI DNO MEO OBSER.IL/ OTTAVIANO MARTINIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which records the sarcophagus in the Villa Medici.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 178mm
width (actual size): 484mm
width (actual size): 484mm
Inscription
See Description:
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL. MO EQUITI DNO MEO OBSER.IL/ OTTAVIANO MARTINIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which records the sarcophagus in the Villa Medici.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL. MO EQUITI DNO MEO OBSER.IL/ OTTAVIANO MARTINIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which records the sarcophagus in the Villa Medici.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Capitelli, Bernardino, 1589 - 1639 (Engraver)
Date
c.1620
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
References
• ASR (III no. 383: in Villa Medici)