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ECL-Bn.5:23-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.5:23-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Lunette Painting: Erotes in boats

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

Ashby ETON II No.23

Description

Content (description)

Two female figures on a rock, one with a garland, the other with a patera, in the uplifted right hand, the other hand of each resting on the ground. On the sea are two boats, and in the foreground a boy swimming, with a snake.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)

This scene has not been engraved

Dimensions

height (actual size): 274mm
width (actual size): 419mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 312 x 154
The actual drawing on the page measures 175mm x 334mm

Inscription

del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
Fran.co Bartoli written in ink on the front of the drawing

Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Object history note

Ashby: 'This scene has not been engraved'

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p. 20 Plate VIII)
image 74725
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