ECL-Bn.5:16-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:16-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: Two figures, one reclining, with Bacchus (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.16
Description
Content (description)
To the left a female figure crowned with olive stands towards the right, holding a tambourine (?): below her a woman reclines, with an object of an uncertain nature under her right elbow and a vitta in her left hand: to the right is a flower-crowned youthful Bacchus (?) with a red cloak and a thyrsus in his left hand.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 419mm
width (actual size): 283mm
width (actual size): 283mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 176 x 152
The actual drawing on the page measures 197mm x 175mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 197mm x 175mm
Inscription
del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
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. 17/18 Ashby: 'The resemblance to Eton Bn. 4.43 is so close that we must, it seems to me, suppose a common original, much misunderstood by one or both artists. See Eton Bn. 7. 39)
• Michaelis (Holk. i. 35 It my belong to the Baths of Constantine see Eton Bn 7.39)
• Michaelis (Holk. i. 35 It my belong to the Baths of Constantine see Eton Bn 7.39)