ECL-Bn.15:160-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:160-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Two herms, one a caryatid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left the herm of a female with a diagonal drape across her torso and a drape knotted round her thighs at the junction with the pedestal. Her right arm is by her side, her left arm is bent, with her hand on her left breast. On right a female supports a plain capital and entablature on her head. Her hair is taken back and falls in ringlets on her shoulders. Her breasts are bare. From her shoulders are two projections in place of arms, and over them hangs a drape which hides the junction of body and pedestal just beneath the breasts.
Content (object)
herm
Dimensions
height (actual size): 207mm
width (actual size): 58mm
height (actual size): 190mm
width (actual size): 56mm
width (actual size): 58mm
height (actual size): 190mm
width (actual size): 56mm
Dimension note
There are four measurements as there are two engravings stuck to one sheet. The first measurement is the left hand herm.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)