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ECL-Bm.11:137-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.11:137-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Statue: boat

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

On a base with plain mouldings and the inscription PAPALEONE III at the top of the central panel stands the statue of a galley with a boar's head decorating the prow. Behind the boar's head is a cartouche, which is shown in greater detail in a sketch on left. It consists of a scroll curling over a yoke or weighing bar with a fox's head in the centre. On the scroll is the inscription SVAVE
Very faint pencil sketch on the back of the drawing, with slight grid pattern, unclear subject.

Content (object)

sculpture

Dimensions

height (actual size): 314mm
width (actual size): 436mm

Inscription

Written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right: Navicella in Villa Mattie di 13 palmi long.

Materials & techniques note

Grey wash and grey body paint on sandy-washed paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

image 147394
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