ECL-Bm.3:30-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.3:30-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust: woman
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A woman with her hair parted in the middle and drawn back wears a diadem with floral ornament. She wears a chiton clasped on the shoulders so as to leave the upper arm bare and belted with a cord beneath her breasts. Viewed obliquely from right.
Content (object)
bust
Content (note)
Woman identified as the Sabine Empress (and not Faustina, as in the inscription) by Marie-Lou Dubert in 'Une histoire en images de la collection Borghese' (Louvre 2020, pp. 468-9).
Dimensions
height (actual size): 486mm
width (actual size): 379mm
width (actual size): 379mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Camera dell'Ermaphrodito. Faustina Seniore
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (278)
