ECL-Bm.14:9-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:9-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : Egyptian male: Standing statue of Ptolomey II
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.
'Standing Statue of Ptolomey II' added in ink in Sampson Catalogue
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.
'Standing Statue of Ptolomey II' added in ink in Sampson Catalogue
Description
Content (description)
An Egyptian male stands with his left leg forward, his arms by his sides, clasping a 'roll' in each hand. He wears a loincloth with an inscription on the waist band and a headdress with some symbol over his forehead. On left is a detail of the inscription on his waist band, on right a detail of a panel with hieroglyphics behind the statue.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: On the Capitol
Dimensions
height (actual size): 425mm
width (actual size): 281mm
width (actual size): 281mm
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.102 no. 153)
