ECL-Bn.9:59-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:59-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Protesilaus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The right half of the sarcophagus is shown in two drawings.
Recto: on left Protesilaus and Laodamia bid farewell to one another in front of a gateway. On right a figure lies dead on a couch. A man sits mourning on left, while an old woman with her head covered stands in the background. A man, wearing a cloak, walks to right. In the background is an aedicula containing a mask.
Verso: the figures from the far right of the same sarcophagus. Charon stands in his boat and holds the rudder. He gestures to left. A youth, wearing a cloak, stands by him on dry land.
Recto: on left Protesilaus and Laodamia bid farewell to one another in front of a gateway. On right a figure lies dead on a couch. A man sits mourning on left, while an old woman with her head covered stands in the background. A man, wearing a cloak, walks to right. In the background is an aedicula containing a mask.
Verso: the figures from the far right of the same sarcophagus. Charon stands in his boat and holds the rudder. He gestures to left. A youth, wearing a cloak, stands by him on dry land.
Content (object)
drawing
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 235mm
width (actual size): 340mm
width (actual size): 340mm
Inscription
Written in ink on the back of the drawing: Feroni (?) or Teroni (?) This may be the artist? or possibly the Feroni Chapel in Florence?
Written in ink on the front of the drawing: 24
Written in ink on the front of the drawing: 24
Materials & techniques note
pen, brown ink and brown wash on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• ASR (III 3 no. 423)
• Fuhrer (no. 527)
• Fuhrer (no. 527)
