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ECL-Bm.12:99/3-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.12:99/3-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Reliefs: floral scroll

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

BM 12 nos.97,98,99,100 are catalogued together
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 ( was Fa 2) describes: ' quattro fregi d'arabeschi, rotti in piu pezzi, di una maniera eccellente. Solamente due di quelli arabeschi sono disegnati, gli altri due essendo molto rotti e guasti, et molto somiglianti a quelli che sono disegnati.'

Other number

Fa 3 no. 119

Description

Content (description)

97 and 98. A tall panel with a border of elaborate moulding. At the bottom is a clump of acanthus leaves, from which rises a rich floral scroll populated with birds, butterflies, a worm and a mouse. The piece is broken across the top.
99 and 100 show a very similar panel. The bottom is missing, but the top of the clump of acanthus leaves survives. The floral scroll is populated by birds, insects, a lizard and a snail. The piece illustrated in these two drawings are separated by a narrow break.

Content (object)

relief
bust

Dimensions

height (actual size): 753mm
width (actual size): 490mm

Inscription

Ciferri Villa Medici No. 119 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

D No.119 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Mansuelli (I ; no. 1)
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