ECL-Bn.2:50-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:50-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Egyptian male
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: 'a Pharaoh, from Hadrian's villa'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa2) describes: 'tre idoli egizzii di pietra nera'
Added in ink in Sampson catalogue: 'a Pharaoh, from Hadrian's villa'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 189
Description
Content (description)
The male, wearing a kilt over a long tight skirt and a headdress with a cobra-like object on the forehead, stands with his left foot advanced, his arms by his side. He clasps a 'roll' in each hand. Viewed obliquely from left.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Added in ink in Sampson catalogue: a Pharaoh, from Hadrian's villa
Dimensions
height (actual size): 483mm
width (actual size): 368mm
width (actual size): 368mm
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. 105 no. 166)
