ECL-Bn.2:37-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:37-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus with strigil panels
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) no.183 describes: ' urne grande scannellata'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) no.183 describes: ' urne grande scannellata'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 183
Description
Content (description)
The two strigil panels on the front of the sarcophagus flank a large central doorway. Two spirally-fluted columns support the pediment over the door, and in it recline two half-draped females, one holding a rudder, the other a cornucopia. The acroteria are tritons with long coiled tails, each blowing a horn towards the centre. The two leaves of the door, one of which is ajar, are each divided into two panels, and in each panel is a lion's head. At each end of the sarcophagus is a spirally-fluted column.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 374mm
width (actual size): 487mm
width (actual size): 487mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Barberini No. 183 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
No. 183 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
