ECL-Bn.4:68-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.4:68-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Antique Painting of Aesculapius
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON I No. 68
Description
Content (description)
Aesculapius seated on a chair on the right, facing to the left: in his left hand he holds the staff with the serpent twined round it, in his right hand an object of an uncertain nature. His legs are covered by his drapery. From the left two draped female figures advance with offerings; the front one holds a small vase in her right hand and a flower in her left: the other holds her drapery with her right hand and a vase in her left.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 348mm
width (actual size): 348mm
Dimension note
In Ashby's catalogue the dimension is given as 260 x 175
The actual painting on the sheet measures 175mm x 258mm
The actual painting on the sheet measures 175mm x 258mm
Inscription
Pictura antiqua in pinacotheca Cl.Richardi Meade M.D. asservata written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p. 13)
• Michaelis (p. 49 n.127)
• Michaelis (p. 49 n.127)
