ECL-Bn.5:18-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:18-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: Rape of Europa
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.18
Description
Content (description)
Painting. Rape of Europa - two women standing to right, one crouching with a basket of flowers in centre under Europa and the bull: three to left, one seated, under a tree. All these figures are represented on the shore, while the bull canters off to the right over the sea with Europa on his back: her scarf is held over her head with both hands.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 247mm
width (actual size): 364mm
width (actual size): 364mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 189 x 297
The actual drawing on the page measures 211mm x 318mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 211mm x 318mm
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. 18 Plate V See Ashby for extra detailed notes and references)
• Turnbull (Ashby says Not Turnbull 8, which is a Mosaic in the Palazzo Barberini)
• Bartoli (App. 12 )
• Jahn (Denkschr. 1870, 1-54)
• Turnbull (Ashby says Not Turnbull 8, which is a Mosaic in the Palazzo Barberini)
• Bartoli (App. 12 )
• Jahn (Denkschr. 1870, 1-54)