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ECL-Bn.2:6/2-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.2:6/2-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus: rape of Proserpine

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

From the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no. 212
Bn 2 6.1 and 6.2 are catalogued together being continuous drawings of the same sarcophagus

Other number

Fa 3 no. 212

Description

Content (description)

Hermes leads the way as Pluto carries Proserpine off to right in a quadriga and a putto flies above the horses. Draped Tellus with a billow of drapery over her head and flowers on her lap reclines beneath the horses' hooves. To left of centre are three agitated figures: Athena with her aegis, helmet and round shield, rises from a seat, while two other females gesture. On far left Ceres, draped and with her head covered, stands in a chariot drawn by two winged serpents and brandishes a torch. A winged female, who holds out a billow of drapery, flies by her side to right in the background. A vase lies on the ground in front of the serpent and flowers spill from it.

Content (object)

drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 413mm
width (actual size): 551mm

Inscription

Campiglia Palazzo Barberini No. 212 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

B N 212 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
A 2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• ASR (III.2 no. 373 (Palazzo Barberini))
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