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ECL-Bn.5:17-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.5:17-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Mosaic: Fight between a secutor and a retiarius, 2 scenes

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

Ashby ETON II No.17

Description

Content (description)

Mosaic: a fight in two scenes with four figures in upper scene, three below. The man in left with large body shield and net.

Content (object)

mosaic

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 423mm
width (actual size): 281mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 201 x 165
The actual drawing on the page measures 221mm x 185mm

Inscription

del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right

Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p. 18 see Ashby for detailed references)
• Eng (p.xxvi No. 2 It is really a mosaic formerly in the Massimi Collection now in Madrid (formerly Bibl. Nac. 194, Hubner No. 400, now Mus. Arq. No. 3600) C.I.L vi. 10205a, 33979)
• Winckelmann (Mon. Ined. 197: C.I.L vi. 10205a,33979)
• Eng (Eng T. xxix. i (Caylus 31) : 'Altra copia di musaico trovato nel orto detto del carciofalo')
• Michaelis (Vitt. 89a (Inv. 9668))
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