ECL-Bm.14:8-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:8-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : Egyptian female
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)
An Egyptian female stands with her left leg forward, holding a 'roll' in each hand: by her side in right, beneath her breasts in left hand. She wears a close-ftting tunic and a wig with two cobras on her forehead. On right is a detail of a hieroglyphic panel from behind the statue.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: On the Capitol
Dimensions
height (actual size): 416mm
width (actual size): 279mm
width (actual size): 279mm
Inscription
in Capitolio written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Materials & techniques note
Red chalk and red pencil on paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Roullet (p.109 no. 181)
