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ECL-Bm.12:9-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.12:9-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Head: Athena

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Was Fa 2 no. 84

Other number

Fa 3 no. 84

Description

Content (description)

The head of a female wearing an ornate plumed helmet, the front of which is decorated with rosettes. Over the border at the side of the plume lies a dog in high relief. Her hair is parted in the centre and drawn back; two wavy locks are allowed to fall in front of the ear, the rest falls down the back of the neck. Viewed obliquely from left.

Content (object)

head
bust

Dimensions

height (actual size): 397mm
width (actual size): 263mm

Inscription

Campiglia Palazzo Medici written in pencil on the back of the drawing
Marziana written in ink on the back of the drawing

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

image 147526
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