ECL-Bn.15:149-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:149-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Herm head: Homer (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The herm head is viewed obliquely from right and is shown in an oval frame. The head is that of a bearded man with a high forehead and a fillet tied round his head.
Inscribed on a tablet beneath the oval:
HOMERUS/ HERMA HOMERI MARMOREA ELEGANTISSIMAE SCULPTURAE/ UNDE IMAGE DESUMPTA EST ASSERVATA EST ROMAE/ APUD ANTONIUM BORIONUM REPERTA ANNNO MDCCVIII./
Hieronymus Rossi delineavit et incidit.
Inscribed on a tablet beneath the oval:
HOMERUS/ HERMA HOMERI MARMOREA ELEGANTISSIMAE SCULPTURAE/ UNDE IMAGE DESUMPTA EST ASSERVATA EST ROMAE/ APUD ANTONIUM BORIONUM REPERTA ANNNO MDCCVIII./
Hieronymus Rossi delineavit et incidit.
Content (object)
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 426mm
width (actual size): 288mm
width (actual size): 288mm
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed on a tablet beneath the oval:
HOMERUS/ HERMA HOMERI MARMOREA ELEGANTISSIMAE SCULPTURAE/ UNDE IMAGE DESUMPTA EST ASSERVATA EST ROMAE/ APUD ANTONIUM BORIONUM REPERTA ANNNO MDCCVIII./
Hieronymus Rossi delineavit et incidit.
Inscribed on a tablet beneath the oval:
HOMERUS/ HERMA HOMERI MARMOREA ELEGANTISSIMAE SCULPTURAE/ UNDE IMAGE DESUMPTA EST ASSERVATA EST ROMAE/ APUD ANTONIUM BORIONUM REPERTA ANNNO MDCCVIII./
Hieronymus Rossi delineavit et incidit.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Rossi, Girolamo, 1682 - 1762? (Engraver)
Date
1708