ECL-Bn.2:94-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:94-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Head: Julius Caesar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2 )describes: ' la testa antica rarissima per la sua bellezza di pietra bigia Egizzia di Giulio Cesare' this may be the head which is referred to.
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2 )describes: ' la testa antica rarissima per la sua bellezza di pietra bigia Egizzia di Giulio Cesare' this may be the head which is referred to.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 131
Description
Content (description)
The head is viewed obliquely from left. Perhaps this is the head referred to by Fa 3 (was Fa2): la testa antica rarissima per la sua bellezza di pietra bigia Egizzia di Giulio Cesare.
Content (object)
head
Dimensions
height (actual size): 402mm
width (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 250mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini no. 131 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 131 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
