ECL-Bn.2:57-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:57-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust: Silenus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' busti colossi di due fauni'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' busti colossi di due fauni'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 168
Description
Content (description)
Silenus, with long flowing beard and a vine wreath on his hair, has an object on the top of his head like the bottom of a polos. He turns his head sharply to his left. He wears a skin draped over his right shoulder and across under his left arm. Between the bust and its pedestal is a panel with the inscription SILENO
Content (object)
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 427mm
width (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 276mm
Inscription
Ciferri written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
In aedibus Barberinis No. 168 written in ink on the front of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
