ECL-Bn.2:2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:2-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus lid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: 'Statua di Diogene a giacere dentro un cassone si marmo'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: 'Statua di Diogene a giacere dentro un cassone si marmo'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 13
Description
Content (description)
A bearded man, half-draped, reclines on his left elbow on a couch with high sides and back. He leans on a cushion, holds a cup in his left hand and raises his right arm in a gesture. He wears a coiled fillet or a diadem. At the bottom of the couch by his foot there seems to be a round hole.
Content (object)
lid
drawing
drawing
Content (note)
Sarcophagus lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 261mm
width (actual size): 410mm
width (actual size): 410mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini No. 13 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 13 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
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