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ECL-Bn.2:49-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.2:49-2013

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Identification

Title

Statue: Bird-headed Egyptian god, Re

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa2) describes: 'tre idoli egizzii di pietra nera'
Added in ink in Sampson catalogue: 'Horus, from the Iseum Campense'

Other number

Fa 3 no. 189

Description

Content (description)

The hawk-headed figure wears a kilt and stands with his left foot slightly advanced and his arms by his sides. In his left hand he holds an ankh, the sign of life. The deep collar over his chest is partly covered by the fall of the headdress. Viewed obliquely from right.

Content (object)

statue

Content (note)

Added in ink in Sampson catalogue: Horus, from the Iseum Campense

Dimensions

height (actual size): 484mm
width (actual size): 369mm

Inscription

Ciferri Palazzo di Barberini no. 189 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

D No. 189 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right.

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Roullet (p. 90 no. 113)
image 148029
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