ECL-Bn.5:14-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:14-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Mosaic: Two gladiatorial scenes
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.14 (13)
Description
Content (description)
Mosaic: Two gladiatorial scenes:
(a) a man lies bleeding to right: two attendants to left.
(b) two men fighting, each with a shield: an umpire on each side.
(a) a man lies bleeding to right: two attendants to left.
(b) two men fighting, each with a shield: an umpire on each side.
Content (object)
mosaic
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 424mm
width (actual size): 281mm
width (actual size): 281mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 201 x 164
The actual drawing on the page measures 220mm x 183mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 220mm x 183mm
Inscription
del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
13 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
13 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p. 17 see Ashby for detailed references)
• Eng (p.xxvi No. 5 It is really a mosaic formerly in the Massimi Collection now in Madrid (formerly Bibl. Nac. 196, Hubner No. 399, now Mus. Arq. No. 3601) though drawn as a painting)
• Winckelmann (Mon. Ined. 198: C.I.L vi. 10205b)
• Eng (p.xxvi No. 5 It is really a mosaic formerly in the Massimi Collection now in Madrid (formerly Bibl. Nac. 196, Hubner No. 399, now Mus. Arq. No. 3601) though drawn as a painting)
• Winckelmann (Mon. Ined. 198: C.I.L vi. 10205b)