Home  / ECL-Bn.2:105-2013

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'

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

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

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

image 74718
image 147970
Prev image
Next image
image ECL-Bn.2_105-2013 image ECL-Bn.2_105-2013-A
Further information and resources

Can't find what you are looking for?

Digital resources

Terms and conditions

     
Powered by CollectionsIndex+ Collections Online