ECL-Bn.2:42-2013
Parts
ECL-Bn.2:42-2013
Identification
Statue group: triple-bodied Hecate?
assigned by cataloguer
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' piccolo gruppo di tre donne o siano Baccanti in triangolo. [Added later] Hecate triformis
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' piccolo gruppo di tre donne o siano Baccanti in triangolo. [Added later] Hecate triformis
Fa 3 no. 88
Description
Three draped females, wearing diadems, stand back to back, holding out a blazing torch in each hand. A yoke (?) appears over their shoulders and a basket-like object formed of grapes between their heads.
statue
height (actual size): 481mm
width (actual size): 373mm
width (actual size): 373mm
Ciferri Palazzo Barberini 88 written in ink on the back of the drawing
D. No. 88 written in red crayon on front of the drawing lower right.
red chalk on paper
Production
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
c.1710-1730