ECL-Bn.9:57-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:57-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: sacrifice of boar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Three men, wearing loin cloths, sacrifice a boar on a sacrificial table. One man holds its hind legs, another attends to its head, while the third squats on the ground holding an ornate bowl (to catch the blood?). A flattish plain bowl stands on the ground. The sacrifice is in honour of Hercules, whose statue stands on right on a high pedestal by a tree. The statue has a club and a lion skin in its left hand and holds out a vase in the other.
Content (object)
relief
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 222mm
width (actual size): 297mm
width (actual size): 297mm
Inscription
cypher written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right, an oval with an overlapping box above it.
Materials & techniques note
pen, brown ink and grey wash on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
