ECL-Bn.4:22-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.4:22-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Pavement Mosaic
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON I No. 22
Description
Content (description)
Pavement Mosaic
Nile scene in circle: a man rowing a boat to right: to the left is a duck: in the foreground is a crocodile on the river bank: in the background is the other bank, on which a date palm grows.
Nile scene in circle: a man rowing a boat to right: to the left is a duck: in the foreground is a crocodile on the river bank: in the background is the other bank, on which a date palm grows.
Content (object)
mosaic
tomb
tomb
Content (note)
This drawing represents a mosaic in the vineyard of the Jesuits near S. Stefano Rotondo, close to the Via della Navicella
Dimensions
height (actual size): 345mm
width (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 234mm
Dimension note
In Ashby's catalogue the diameter is given as 185 (no measurement unit)
The mosaic in the drawing measures 185mm
The mosaic in the drawing measures 185mm
Inscription
Pavimento di Musaico ritrovato nella Vigna de RR.PP. Gesuiti di S.Stefano Rotondo
written in ink beneath the drawing.
written in ink beneath the drawing.
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.9)
• Lanciani (173)
• Lanciani (173)