ECL-Bm.9:25-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.9:25-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Two reliefs: nymph and sea-man; female uncovers sleeping (?) youth
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
a) a nude nymph rides to right on the back of a sea-man, who wears a wreath of leaves. A billow of drapery frames the nymph.
b) a nude female seated on left on drapery twists violently to right and lifts drapery from a youth who lies asleep (? or dead?) against cushions(?). Only his upper body is visible, the rest is hidden by the couch(?)
b) a nude female seated on left on drapery twists violently to right and lifts drapery from a youth who lies asleep (? or dead?) against cushions(?). Only his upper body is visible, the rest is hidden by the couch(?)
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 483mm
width (actual size): 380mm
width (actual size): 380mm
Inscription
in aed. Giustinianeis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Materials & techniques note
red pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
