ECL-Bn.15:91-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:91-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: triumphant general
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The relief is shown in reverse. On left a dextrarum iunctio takes place in front of a curtain. Then two victimarii sacrifice a bull while the general stands by a blazing tripod in front of a temple. Next, a man, woman and child make supplication to the general, who stands with his side on a dais; there is a tree in the background. On right two figures on horseback gallop obliquely out of the background to left, preceded by hounds.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 126mm
width (actual size): 381mm
width (actual size): 381mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
References
• Maar (22 1955 fig. 91 In the Uffizi Florence)