ECL-Bn.2:105-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:105-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Handle of vase(?) : tritoness
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' una Sirena di metallo'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' una Sirena di metallo'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 4
Description
Content (description)
A nude female stretches out her arms and holds the ends of two fishy tails, which grow from beneath a kilt of fins or leaves round her hips instead of legs. Her hair is drawn back and falls in long locks down her back and on her shoulders. She wears a radiate diadem.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 264mm
width (actual size): 405mm
width (actual size): 405mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini no.4 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B.N. 4 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
