ECL-Bm.11:11-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:11-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue of eagle on capital
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' due aquile parim.te sopra colonne con capitelli antichi che formano un canestro ornato di un festone et uccelli'
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 73
Description
Content (description)
The eagle stands, with its wings spread, on a capital which has a broad band of basket work pattern around the echinus. On this stand eagles, one at each corner, supporting the abacus. Between the eagles at the centre of each side is a rosette edged with floral pattern. A garland runs round the capital beneath the eagles and over the rosettes.
Content (object)
capital
statue
statue
statue
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 378mm
width (actual size): 378mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Mattei No. 73
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
D No. 73 written in red chalk on the front of the drawing, lower left
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
