ECL-Bm.13:17-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:17-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : seated female
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)
A female sits on a chair with curved legs and a curving back. Her legs are crossed at the ankles and her feet rest on a footstool. Her left arm seems to rest on the chair back, her right hand is on her lap. She wears a diadem and her himation is draped over her legs. her head is turned slightly to her left. The statue is viewed obliquely from the left side.
On the back of the drawing is a simple preparatory pencil sketch of the head only.
On the back of the drawing is a simple preparatory pencil sketch of the head only.
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 285mm
width (actual size): 434mm
width (actual size): 434mm
Inscription
Imperatrix sedens e P.M.E Ducis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (II ; no.52 ( In Sampson catalogue this has been amended from 53))
