ECL-Bn.15:146-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:146-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust: Homer (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The draped bust, viewed obliquel from left, of a man with long curly beard and hair brought forward under a fillet. On the lower part of the bust, on the tunic is the Greek inscription: OMHPOE.
Inscribed lower left: G. Vertue Sculp.
Inscribed lower right: Ex Marmore antique in Aedibus Farnesiani S, Romae
Inscribed lower left: G. Vertue Sculp.
Inscribed lower right: Ex Marmore antique in Aedibus Farnesiani S, Romae
Content (object)
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 303mm
width (actual size): 238mm
width (actual size): 238mm
Inscription
See Description:
On the tunic is the Greek inscription: OMHPOE.
Inscribed lower left: G. Vertue Sculp.
Inscribed lower right: Ex Marmore antique in Aedibus Farnesiani S, Romae
On the tunic is the Greek inscription: OMHPOE.
Inscribed lower left: G. Vertue Sculp.
Inscribed lower right: Ex Marmore antique in Aedibus Farnesiani S, Romae
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Vertue, George, 1684 - 1756 (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730