Production Date
No later than 1900Type of Work / Object
Graphic Art > Copper Engraving
Inventory Number
E1416
Catalogue Number
E1416Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)
Explanation
- In Thorvaldsen’s day the basalt statue was part of the collection of the cardinal, theologian, and historian Stefano Borgia (1731 – 1804) in the Museo Borgiano. Thorvaldsen’s good friend from his earliest years in Rome, the archaeologist Georg Zoëga (1755-1809), was a close acquaintance of Borgia.
Material
Technique
Dimension
- Height (plate size) 445 mm
- Height (paper size) 555 mm
- Width (plate size) 315 mm
- Width (paper size) 385 mm
Inscription / Certification / Label
MONUMENTA AEGYPTIA MUSEI BORGIANI VELETRIS / Fig. 3 / Fig.1 / Fig. 2 / Fig.1. Truncus statuae nudae e basalte nigro, pucherrini / artificii, altus circiter uncias [...?] / Fig. 2. Aversa ejusdem facies. / Fig. 3. Ejusdem trunci antica pars ea qua est magnitudine, / in planum explicata; cum figuris symbolicis in ea / ex incaro prostantibus, et notis hieroglyphicis in ipsa / exaratis. Postica pars eadem ratione sisititur in tabula / insignata littera B / Litt. A / Unciae palmi Romani [Målestok] / Unc. Palm. Rom. [Målestok]
Art Form / Craft
Graphic Design
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Acquisition Date
No later than 1850