ECL-Bm.12:105-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:105-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: bust of soldier
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' busto di pirro in profilo, basso rilievo'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 40
Description
Content (description)
The bust of a soldier with his bearded head in profile to left. He wears a helmet, on which there are wings over the ears and a tall plume supported on a recumbent sphinx. He wears a corselet with a Medusa head at the neck and a cloak on his left shoulder.
Content (object)
relief
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 395mm
width (actual size): 257mm
width (actual size): 257mm
Inscription
Campiglia Villa Ludovisi no.40 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B.N. 40 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
