ECL-Bn.9:40-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:40-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus (?): Bacchic thiasos
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn 9. 40, 41, 42 form a group and are all labelled no. 86 on the mount
Description
Content (description)
On left two panthers, ridden by putti, pull a chariot to right, on which Dionysus sits on a high throne, supported by a nude male. A curtain hangs in the background. Pan, a satyr and a maenad accompany the chariot. A tree separates this group from the scene on the right. Satys support a drunken Silenus, who is slim nad muscular. Pan follows with his hoof over a low altar (?). On right are a maenad and satyr. A satyr and lion move right behind a tree. In the background a satyr carries a thyrsos, a maenad and a vannus.
Content (object)
drawing
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 115mm
width (actual size): 343mm
width (actual size): 343mm
Inscription
B. Franco written in ink on the lower edge of the drawing, centre.
No. 86 written in ink on the mount of the drawing.
No. 86 written in ink on the mount of the drawing.
Inscription description
No. 49 is written on the back of the mount in ink
Materials & techniques note
pen and black ink on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
