ECL-Bm.13:83-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:83-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust : emperor
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 short curly hair and beard in corkscrew curls, looks left. He wears a corselet almost covered by a fringed cloak, which is pinned on his right shoulder. Between the bust and the pedestal is a panel with the inscription SEPT SEVERUS.
Content (object)
bust
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 478mm
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. 191)
