ECL-Bm.5:92-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.5:92-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: putto on back of ram
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson Catalogue states that in the Topham Finding Aid no. 2 (Now Fa 3) it is described as ' gruppo di un capra con un Bacco sopra'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 5
Description
Content (description)
A nude putto sits side-saddle on the back of a ram, which prances to right, and holds up a bunch of grapes in his right hand. Beneath the ram's belly is a tree trunk. The putto could be the infant Dionysus.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 319mm
width (actual size): 442mm
width (actual size): 442mm
Inscription
No. 5 Giardino di Corsini written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
