Drawings Roman bronze figure of a Silenus from Herculaneum
Object number
LDSAL2020.15.35
Artist/Designer/Maker
Cosway, Richard - Attributed To
Production date
1748
Circa 1754
1789
18th century
Circa 1754
1789
18th century
Material
Paper
Brush
Ink
Brush
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 112mm
Width: 106mm
Height (of Mount): 185mm
Width (of Mount): 165mm
Width: 106mm
Height (of Mount): 185mm
Width (of Mount): 165mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
SILENI ICVNCVLA EX AERE.
Vet. Mon. Vol. II. pl. XVIII.
Vet. Mon. Vol. II. pl. XVIII.
Inscription content
Formerly in the Collection of Lyde Brown at Wimbledon.
Inscription content
Found at Herculaneum
References
Reference (free text)
Vetusta Monumenta 2 (1789): pl. XVIII.
Illustration (Engraving), fig. 1.
Reference (free text)
Hugh Belsey, 'Richard Cosway', in Jane Turner, ed., The Dictionary of Art 34 vols. (London: Macmillan, 1996): 8: 20.
Reference (free text)
O Neverov, 'The Lyde Browne Collection and the History of Ancient Sculpture in the Hermitage Museum', American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984): 33-42.
