ECL-Bn.2:49-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:49-2013
Object type
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'
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
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
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Roullet (p. 90 no. 113)
