ECL-Bm.13:7-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:7-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: nude youth sinks to his knees- Niobid(?)
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 sinks to his knees, his drape fallen to the ground and over his left leg. His right arm is raised in a gesture of surprise (?), while he bends his head to look down to left. His left arm is bent behind his back (perhaps to remove an arrow)
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 434mm
width (actual size): 283mm
width (actual size): 283mm
Inscription
Gaetano Nenci written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Narcissus 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
Nenci, Gaetano (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I ; no. 81)
