ECL-Bm.13:22-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:22-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : nude youth
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 nude youth stands with his weight on his right leg, his arms hanging loosely by his sides. In each hand he holds the remains of an object, in his right hand this is a sword hilt. His hair falls in long locks from beneath a wreath. He turns his head slightly to his right. A quiver stands on the ground, tied to a pillar or tree trunk by his right leg.
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 472mm
width (actual size): 367mm
width (actual size): 367mm
Inscription
A. D Thaddea (?) written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Gladiator iuvenili aetate e P.M Etruriae 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. 177)
