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ECL-Bn.5:27-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.5:27-2013

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Identification

Title

Painting: whole wall

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

Ashby ETON II No.27

Description

Content (description)

The whole wall: In the centre below, an Apollo, nude, a long arrow in his right hand, a phorminx in left. A little yellow drapery hangs by his side. Four red Ionic columns - then two standing female figures. Above a hovering female figure in the centre: at each side a female figure holding a bow with fluttering drapery: that on the right red, that on the left yellow. Two layers of smaller Ionic columns
A low arched top and delicate garlands.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 251mm
width (actual size): 272mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 256 x 182
The actual drawing on the page measures 275mm x 200mm

Inscription

del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing



Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p. 21 Plate IX The corresponding wall will be found in Holk. ii. 13)
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 13)
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