ECL-Bm.13:1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Leda and swan
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Finding Aid 4 notes that 'in this volume are conteind drawings of statues and busts in the Collection of ye Great Duke of Tuscany'
Description
Content (description)
Leda stands with her left foot raised on a rock. Her chiton falls loosely from her left shoulder, leaving her right side bare, and she lifts her himation in her left hand as if a veil or curtain. She holds the swan to her body with her right hand. LEDA is written below in red crayon.
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 441mm
width (actual size): 294mm
width (actual size): 294mm
Inscription
Gaetano signed in pencil directly below the drawing
Inscription description
LEDA written in large red crayon letters directly below the drawing, partially obscuring the artist's signature
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Nenci, Gaetano (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I ; no. 34)
