ECL-Bn.9:26-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:26-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus relief: Mars and Rhea
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Villa Mattei
Description
Content (description)
Mars leads Rhea to right from behind a rock flat on left, on which recline a goat and a ram. At bottom right reclines a river god on an overturned urn, a tree at his feet. At top right a nude genius loci sits on a rock, holding a tree branch.
Content (object)
relief
drawing
drawing
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 348mm
width (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 234mm
Inscription
nella Villa Mattei written in ink on the front of the drawing, lower right.
Materials & techniques note
pen and brown ink on paper
Production
Person
Piccini, Gaetano, 1724 - 1744 (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Führer (no. 237)
• ASR (III 2 no. 188)
• ASR (III 2 no. 188)
