ECL-Bm.14:44-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:44-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Athena
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)
Athena strides forward with her left leg and extends her left arm, which once held a shield, while her right arm is raised, originally on a spear. She wears a peplos which has an embroidered panel down the front of the skirt; the embroidery shows eleven two-figure scenes of combat. She also wears the aegis over her breast and tied round her waist from the back. Her hair falls in ringlets on to her shoulders from beneath a plumed helmet.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 507mm
width (actual size): 334mm
width (actual size): 334mm
Inscription
Mr Kent In Palazzo Chigi written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Kent, William, 1685 - 1748 (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hettner (no. 143)
• Thieme-Becker, Künstler-Lexikon (Augusteum pl. IX)
• Thieme-Becker, Künstler-Lexikon (Augusteum pl. IX)
