ECL-Bm.13:28-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:28-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : muse
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 muse, with two feathers sprouting from her forehead, stands with her weight on her left leg. Her chiton clings to her body; her left breast and shoulder are bare. She lifts her himation on to her shoulder with her right hand. She holds out a roll in her left hand.
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 467mm
width (actual size): 371mm
width (actual size): 371mm
Inscription
Sigismondo Betti written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Musa 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
Betti, Sigismondo, 1699 - 1765 (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I ; no.13)
