ECL-Bm.14:5-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:5-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : muse
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson catalogue states : Fa 4: Statues in several Palaces in Rome etc with other antiquities.
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 female stands holding a pipe in her right hand by her side, her left hand extended palm upwards. Her hair is parted in the centre and drawn back, then falls on her neck behind and over her shoulders. She wears a chiton and a himation arranged diagonally across her torso. She stands on a round base on a square pedestal and is viewed obliquely from left from below. VILA..?? written in capital letters on the round base.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: On the Capitol
Dimensions
height (actual size): 511mm
width (actual size): 356mm
width (actual size): 356mm
Inscription
Urania Musa in Capitolio written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Materials & techniques note
Red chalk on paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
