ECL-Bm.13:31-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:31-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust : philosopher
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
There is no indication of the location of this piece. Only Fa 4 attributes them all to the collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Description
Content (description)
The draped bust of a philosopher with curly hair and a full curly beard, viewed obliquely from left. The bust is framed in an oval, which cuts a cube on right of the bust: on the cube is the inscription Sophoc/les: F.
Content (object)
bust
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 384mm
width (actual size): 260mm
width (actual size): 260mm
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on grey paper with white highlights
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
![78518 image 78518](https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/assets/8/15/78518/v0_web.jpg?_m=1556278448)
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