ECL-Bn.2:9/2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:9/2-2013
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
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): 417mm
width (actual size): 549mm
width (actual size): 549mm
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 right
A 2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated
A 2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Wegner (no. 219)