ECL-Bm.11:137-2013
Parts
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.
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
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
