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ECL-Bn.2:9/1-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.2:9/1-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Muse sarcophagus

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

From the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no. 227
Bn 2 9.1 and 9.2 are catalogued together being continuous drawings of the same sarcophagus

Other number

Fa 3 no. 227

Description

Content (description)

In the centre stands Athena with her left foot raised on a rock, leaning on her spear to right but turning to look left. A griffin sits in front of her and also turns to look left at Apollo (who is actually shown as a Muse with feathers on his forehead); he is fully draped and plays the lyre. Between Apollo and Athena stands a tripod, round which a snake is entwined. The two divinities are flanked by the nine Muses, five on left, four on right, all draped and with two feathers on their foreheads. A curtain hangs in the background.

Content (object)

drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 414mm
width (actual size): 555mm

Inscription

Campiglia Palazzo Barberini No. 227 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

B N 228 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
1 A written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right, truncated

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Wegner (no. 219)
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