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ECL-Bm.5:65-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.5:65-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Head: Constantine

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

Head of man with large eyes, the pupils of which are marked, and short hair brought forward. Viewed obliquely from left.

Content (object)

head

Content (note)

Two notes by Batoni in Italian are included with 65 and give the measurements of both 65 and 66. It will be sufficient to quote only one:
Misura dele due Teste colosse colocate nel cortile/ di Campidolo cioe Testa di Domitiano, e di Comodo/
Testa colossa di marmo di Domitiano cominciando dali/ capelli sino al mento sono/ palmi otto, e dal mento/ sino al fine sono palmi quatro che in tutto sono/ palmi 12 Romani
Testa colossa di metallo di Comodo, comincianto dalli/ capelli sino al mento sono palmi sei e mezzo, e dal/ mento sino al fine sono palmi tre scarsi che in/ tutto sono palmi 9 e mezo scarsi Romani
These notes are in an envelope in the volume. On the envelope it states that they are written by Batoni

Dimensions

height (actual size): 425mm
width (actual size): 282mm

Inscription

Campidoglio. Testa colossa di Domisiano di marmo diseniata da me Pompeo Girolamo Batoni written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

C written in pencil on front of the drawing lower left.

Materials & techniques note

red pencil on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Fuhrer (1441)
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