ECL-Bm.13:21-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:21-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : priestess (?)
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 young woman, wearing a chiton belted beneath her breasts and a himation round her hips, over her left arm and drawn over her head, stands holding a cup in her left hand. With her right hand she drops incense on to the flame on a candelabrum, which has floral decoration.
The drawing is signed on the candelabrum: Andreas Ristori/ni
The drawing is signed on the candelabrum: Andreas Ristori/ni
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 445mm
width (actual size): 338mm
width (actual size): 338mm
Inscription
Andr. Ristorini written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Vestalis e P.M Etruriae Ducis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
The drawing is signed on the candelabrum: Andreas Ristori/ni
The drawing is signed on the candelabrum: Andreas Ristori/ni
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ristorini, Andrea (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (II; no. 134)
