ECL-Bn.3:9-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:9-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Syren (tomb fig)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo di Villa Aldobrandini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' sfingie di pietra Egitia rossa con testa di donzella'
Original Sampson catalogue entry for Bn 3 no. 9 was 'harpy' now amended in pencil : 'Syren (tomb fig)'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' sfingie di pietra Egitia rossa con testa di donzella'
Original Sampson catalogue entry for Bn 3 no. 9 was 'harpy' now amended in pencil : 'Syren (tomb fig)'
Other number
Fa 3 B no. 6
Description
Content (description)
The statue has the body of a bird and the head of a woman. It is viewed obliquely from right.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 401mm
width (actual size): 269mm
width (actual size): 269mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo di Villa Altobrandini written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
6 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
