ECL-Bn.14:31-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:31-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Gem: Brutus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The oval gem is shown in a frame. On it is a head of a youth in profile to right above a conical cap flanked by two daggers. Beneath the gem is a panel, in which is added in pencil 'Bruto il vecchio'. Resting on it on right is a plain gem to show the size of the original.
Inscribed lower left: Campiglia deli.
Inscribed lower right: Franceschini scul. Both have been added in ink.
Inscribed lower left: Campiglia deli.
Inscribed lower right: Franceschini scul. Both have been added in ink.
Content (object)
gem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 293mm
width (actual size): 223mm
width (actual size): 223mm
Inscription
Written on the back of the engraving, in ink, partly obscured where the sheet is stuck into the album:[Qu]esto e un cavo del Sig.r Cavagliere Corazzi Cortonese/... la fatto intagliare per suo piacere, et io misono pueso/ ...dire di mandarne uno a VS Ill.ma, che so che lo gradiva/...
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
