ECL-Bm.13:74-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:74-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust : Lucius 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 emperor, with curly hair and his beard in loose corkscrew curls, turns slightly to look to his right. He wears a corselet with a mask at the neck, almost hidden beneath a cloak fastened high on his right shoulder. Between the bust and the pedestal is a panel with the inscription L.VERUS.
Content (object)
bust
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 486mm
width (actual size): 370mm
width (actual size): 370mm
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on ochre-washed paper with white highlights
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (II ; no. 121)
