ECL-Bn.9:43-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:43-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: comedy scene
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Fa 4 records this as 'an antient painting of a scene in Terence' but then after 43 and 44 remarks 'NB. I know not whether the two last were taken from painting or carving'
Other number
Fa 4. no. 43
Description
Content (description)
On right in front of a curtain, which hangs in front of a wall, are two figures, apparently revellers, accompanied by the music of a double flute, played by a small figure in the centre. On left are two old men, one with a thyrsos, in front of an elaborately decorated doorway.
Content (object)
relief
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 270mm
width (actual size): 411mm
width (actual size): 411mm
Inscription
written in pencil on the back of the mount: 64-y
Materials & techniques note
pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Schreiber, Villa Ludovisi (pl. 83)
• Ruesch (no. 575)
• Ruesch (no. 575)
