ECL-Bm.13:50-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:50-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust : woman
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 woman, viewed obliquely from left. Her hair is parted in the centre and falls in waves down the side of her head and then lies in ringlets on her neck. Between the bust and its pedestal is a panel with the inscription POPPAEA.
Poppaea is repeated very faintly on the adjoining face of the pedestal
Poppaea is repeated very faintly on the adjoining face of the pedestal
Content (object)
bust
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 427mm
width (actual size): 278mm
width (actual size): 278mm
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
References
• Mansuelli (II ; no. 54)
