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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

Dimensions

height (actual size): 434mm
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)
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