ECL-Bm.14:22-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:22-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust of Emperor and vase
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)
a) The emperor, with curly hair and beard, turns his head slightly to his left. He wears a corselet, but it is almost hidden beneath his cloak, which is pinned on right shoulder.
b) The tall vase with knobbed lid and low foot stands in a niche. The broad high shoulder is decorated with convex fluting, which is separated by a plain band from the convex fluting on the long tapering body. Very angular handles with volutes on the inside rise vertically from the shoulder then join the lip.
On the back of this sheet is an unfinished drawing of a bridge over a river.
b) The tall vase with knobbed lid and low foot stands in a niche. The broad high shoulder is decorated with convex fluting, which is separated by a plain band from the convex fluting on the long tapering body. Very angular handles with volutes on the inside rise vertically from the shoulder then join the lip.
On the back of this sheet is an unfinished drawing of a bridge over a river.
Content (object)
bust
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: Bibliotheca Sti Marci, Venetiis
Dimensions
height (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 426mm
width (actual size): 426mm
Inscription
Marcus Aurelius. Vas in Bibliotheca Sti Marci Venetiis written in ink on the front of the drawing
Inscription description
C written in ink on the back of the drawing, artist?
Materials & techniques note
Brown wash with white highlights on ochre washed paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
