ECL-Bn.15:88-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:88-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: rape of Proserpine
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A draped female stands at each end facing outwards. On right Pluto drives off with Proserpine in his quadriga to right over the recumbant figure of Tellus. Hermes, half-draped, leads the way and a putto flying over the horses points the way with a blazing torch. In the centre in front of a curtain, Athena and two nymphs watch their departure. On left Ceres with a blazing torch drives in a chariot drawn by dragons to right past a tree trunk.
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/FRANCISCO PICCOLOMINEO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which places the sarcophagus in 'aed Bentivoli Quirinali'
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/FRANCISCO PICCOLOMINEO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which places the sarcophagus in 'aed Bentivoli Quirinali'
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 187mm
width (actual size): 454mm
width (actual size): 454mm
Inscription
See Description:
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/FRANCISCO PICCOLOMINEO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which places the sarcophagus in 'aed Bentivoli Quirinali'
Large inscription beneath which begins:
ILL.MO DNO MEO OBSERVABILI/FRANCISCO PICCOLOMINEO/ Bernardinus Capitellus D. Thereafter follows a dedicatory address which places the sarcophagus in 'aed Bentivoli Quirinali'
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. 363: Palazzo Rospigliosi)