ECL-Bn.2:101-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:101-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: head of Diana
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: 'piccolo tondo con testa piccola di Diana, in profilo, assai bella'
Both 236 and 240 have been used on the drawing itself. Sampson refers to it as 236.
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: 'piccolo tondo con testa piccola di Diana, in profilo, assai bella'
Both 236 and 240 have been used on the drawing itself. Sampson refers to it as 236.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 236
Description
Content (description)
The head of Diana is shown in profile to right on a tondo. Her hair is drawn back, then falls in long curly locks from the back of her head. She wears a small crescent moon on a fillet over her forehead.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 394mm
width (actual size): 257mm
width (actual size): 257mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini no. 240 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B.N. 240 (amended to 236) is written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
