ECL-Bn.15:164-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:164-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Two herms
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left a female with a drape over her shoulders and a large drape below her waist covering the junction with the pedestal. With both hands she touches her drapes, her left arm bent across her waist. She turns her head to her right but casts look to her left towards the Hercules herm. He has shaggy hair and beard and wears a great shaggy skin wrapped round his body and covering both arms. In his left hand he holds a club, which rests on the floor. The pedestal is in the form of a tree trunk.
Inscribed on the base on left: I BONASO
Inscribed on the base on right: F.
Stamped P L
Inscribed on the base on left: I BONASO
Inscribed on the base on right: F.
Stamped P L
Content (object)
herm
Dimensions
height (actual size): 264mm
width (actual size): 170mm
width (actual size): 170mm
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed on the base on left: I BONASO
Inscribed on the base on right: F.
Stamped P L
written in ink lower right: g.9
Inscribed on the base on left: I BONASO
Inscribed on the base on right: F.
Stamped P L
written in ink lower right: g.9
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Bonasone, Giulio, 1498 - 1580 (Engraver)