ECL-Bm.14:23-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:23-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Lituus
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)
The lituus is treated as the curving stem of a plant with small leaves sprouting from joints at frequent intervals. The crooked top ends in the head and neck of a bird with hooked beak, its neck masked by an acanthus leaf.
Very faint pencil drawing on a small part of the reverse.
Very faint pencil drawing on a small part of the reverse.
Content (object)
Staff
Content (note)
The lituus is a curved staff
Dimensions
height (actual size): 1253mm
width (actual size): 223mm
width (actual size): 223mm
Inscription
Lituus antiq. aeneus in Musaeo Excellmi Foscari in Venetia written in ink on the front of the drawing
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
