ECL-Bm.7:15-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.7:15-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: cuirassed torso
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The cuirassed torso of the statue of an emperor. The left arm survives to the knuckles of the hand. The cuirass is decorated with a Medusa head and with heraldic griffins, and with elaborate grotesque decoration on the skirt 'flaps'.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 491mm
width (actual size): 383mm
width (actual size): 383mm
Inscription
Domenico Frezza signed in red pencil on front of drawing lower left.
In Palat. Farnesiano written in ink on front of drawing lower right.
In Palat. Farnesiano written in ink on front of drawing lower right.
Materials & techniques note
red chalk and red pencil on paper
Production
Person
Frezza, Domenico (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
