ECL-Bm.3:40-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.3:40-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Statuette: young Eros enchained
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Former title: "Statuette: putto enchained".
Description
Content (description)
A male child figure stands with his weight on his left leg, leaning his right elbow on a tree trunk, from which drapery hangs behind him and over his left arm. He wears a skull cap and has a chain strapped round his hips and down to his left ankle. He rubs his eye with his right hand.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
While the inscription of this drawing describes the statue as a "slave child" (fanciullo schiavo), this is actually a representation of young Eros, chastised for being naughty -- a frequent theme in literature and figurative art. Former cataloguers (e.g. Jean Sampson, 1974) believed the inscription to be correct and therefore the drawing is sometimes referred in secondary literature as "putto enchained" or similar.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 388mm
width (actual size): 388mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. La Camera delle tre Gratie. Statua d'un fanciullo schiavo
Inscription description
written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right: C IV
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (300)
