ECL-Bm.14:16-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:16-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Aesculapius reclining
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson catalogue states :
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
Description
Content (description)
Aesculapius, half-draped and bearded, reclines on a draped couch, resting on his left elbow and turning his head to look to his left. He holds a staff in his left hand, his right hand rests on his legs and holds a patera for a snake, which rears up by his knee.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: Bibliotheca Sti Marci, Venetiis
Dimensions
height (actual size): 286mm
width (actual size): 446mm
width (actual size): 446mm
Inscription
Aesculapius in Bibliotheca Sti Marci Venetiis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Inscription description
C written in ink on the back of the drawing, artist?
Materials & techniques note
Brown wash with white highlights on sandy washed paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
