ECL-Bm.13:69-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:69-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust : Aelius Verus
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 bust is viewed obliquely from left, clothed in a corselet with a Medusa head on the chest and a cloak arranged on the left shoulder beneath a brooch. The head, bearded and with thick curly hair, is turned slightly to the right. Between the bust and the pedestal is a panel with the inscription AELIUS CAE.
Content (object)
bust
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 443mm
width (actual size): 297mm
width (actual size): 297mm
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. 103)
