ECL-Bn.2:98-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:98-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bust: woman
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no. 33 (Fa 2 no. 31 is in the Sampson catalogue but the number 33 is on both the front and the back of the drawing.
Was Fa 2 no. 33 (Fa 2 no. 31 is in the Sampson catalogue but the number 33 is on both the front and the back of the drawing.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 33
Description
Content (description)
The draped bust of a woman who has her hair arranged in a plait coiled at the back of her head and a tall tier of curls (or possibly a diadem) round her face. Her pupils are marked. There is a small acanthus spray between the pedestal and the bust.
Content (object)
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 374mm
width (actual size): 259mm
width (actual size): 259mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Barberini no. 33 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B.N. 33 is written 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
