Album 1

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  • Incident light image. Black chalk drawing of the so-called Lyde Browne sarcophagus with four garland-bearing erotes and pairs of Dionysian masks and a figural frieze
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Album 1, Leaf 49

This drawing shows a richly decorated antique sarcophagus with garland-bearing Erotes and pairs of Dionysian masks. It belonged to the collection of the Englishman John Lyde Brown in the 18th century, like the vase on leaf 39 of this album.

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