ECL-Bn.15:128-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:128-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Bronze head: Homer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The head is shown in profile to right in an oval frame. It is that of a bearded man with his hair combed forward beneath a fillet. The head was broken from the body at the neck.
Inscribed below: Wood del. B.Baron sculp.
HOMERUS/ De aereo capite olim penes illustriss. Comitem Arundellium, nunc in Museo Richardi Mead M. D./ Antiquissima Homeri statua egregii operis, ut describit Cedrenus, Constantinopoli, Iustiniano/ Imperante, incendio periisse dicitur: statuae autem illius hoc esse caput, ex ruderibus postea/ feliciter servatum, cum ex oris figura et lineamentis, tum ex manifestis liquefacti metalli indiciis, conjectari licet. Vid. Cedren. Histor. Compend. Cap. 149
Inscribed below: Wood del. B.Baron sculp.
HOMERUS/ De aereo capite olim penes illustriss. Comitem Arundellium, nunc in Museo Richardi Mead M. D./ Antiquissima Homeri statua egregii operis, ut describit Cedrenus, Constantinopoli, Iustiniano/ Imperante, incendio periisse dicitur: statuae autem illius hoc esse caput, ex ruderibus postea/ feliciter servatum, cum ex oris figura et lineamentis, tum ex manifestis liquefacti metalli indiciis, conjectari licet. Vid. Cedren. Histor. Compend. Cap. 149
Content (object)
head
Dimensions
height (actual size): 501mm
width (actual size): 334mm
width (actual size): 334mm
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed below: Wood del. B.Baron sculp.
HOMERUS/ De aereo capite olim penes illustriss. Comitem Arundellium, nunc in Museo Richardi Mead M. D./ Antiquissima Homeri statua egregii operis, ut describit Cedrenus, Constantinopoli, Iustiniano/ Imperante, incendio periisse dicitur: statuae autem illius hoc esse caput, ex ruderibus postea/ feliciter servatum, cum ex oris figura et lineamentis, tum ex manifestis liquefacti metalli indiciis, conjectari licet. Vid. Cedren. Histor. Compend. Cap. 149
Inscribed below: Wood del. B.Baron sculp.
HOMERUS/ De aereo capite olim penes illustriss. Comitem Arundellium, nunc in Museo Richardi Mead M. D./ Antiquissima Homeri statua egregii operis, ut describit Cedrenus, Constantinopoli, Iustiniano/ Imperante, incendio periisse dicitur: statuae autem illius hoc esse caput, ex ruderibus postea/ feliciter servatum, cum ex oris figura et lineamentis, tum ex manifestis liquefacti metalli indiciis, conjectari licet. Vid. Cedren. Histor. Compend. Cap. 149
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1720-1762