ECL-Bn.15:87-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:87-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Meleager
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The reliefs recount the story of Meleager. On left by a tree he has killed his uncle in their dispute over the boar trophy; two men look on. Next, two Furies stand in the background, one brandishing a torch, as Althea plunges Meleager's log into the flames on an altar, turning away to right. On right Meleager lies dead on a couch with four mourners round him, two of whom point back to the burning of the log. At the foot of the couch is his shield; his helmet is on a footstool and his scabbard by it. On right at the head of the couch, a hound raises its head and wails. On far right Atalanta stands dejectedly to right, framed in an arch.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/IOANNI BAPTISTAS ORLANDIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which identifies the illustration as 'ex vetusta Tabella, quae extra flaminiam Romanum Portam, in Sannesiae Villae parte, quae Tiberi opponitur'.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/IOANNI BAPTISTAS ORLANDIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which identifies the illustration as 'ex vetusta Tabella, quae extra flaminiam Romanum Portam, in Sannesiae Villae parte, quae Tiberi opponitur'.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 185mm
width (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 492mm
Inscription
See Description:
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/IOANNI BAPTISTAS ORLANDIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which identifies the illustration as 'ex vetusta Tabella, quae extra flaminiam Romanum Portam, in Sannesiae Villae parte, quae Tiberi opponitur'.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/IOANNI BAPTISTAS ORLANDIO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which identifies the illustration as 'ex vetusta Tabella, quae extra flaminiam Romanum Portam, in Sannesiae Villae parte, quae Tiberi opponitur'.
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. 272: in Wilton House)