ECL-Bm.7:3-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.7:3-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust: youth crowned with fruit
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The Sampson catalogue states the Topham Finding Aid 3 (was Fa2) describes: 'tre teste d'oracoli piu grandi del vero: due di esso sono d'aspetto giovanile, e l'altra di un vecchio. Due di aspetto giovanile sono consimile'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 21 (Palazzo)
Description
Content (description)
A youth wears on his flowing hair a garland of fruit, corn and leaves, bound by a fillet which falls to his shoulders. There is drapery over his shoulders, but his chest is left bare. Along the bottom of the bust are waves in relief. Viewed obliquely from right.
Content (object)
bust
Content (note)
Catalogued with Bm 7. 4 as they are described together in Fa 3 no.21
Dimensions
height (actual size): 481mm
width (actual size): 367mm
width (actual size): 367mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Farnese No. 21 written in ink on the back
Inscription description
D. No. 21 written in pencil on front of drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
