ECL-Bn.5:33-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:33-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.33
Description
Content (description)
Oedipus and the Sphinx. Oedipus sits below a rock, to the right, on which is the Sphinx: he is draped in red: to the left a youth in a green robe with a pedum in the right hand runs away.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 421mm
width (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 276mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 182 x 175
The actual drawing on the page measures 195mm x 188mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 195mm x 188mm
Inscription
Bartoli Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
7 written in ink on the front of the drawing
7 written in ink on the front 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. 22)
• Engelmann (Eng. T. xxi. 1 (Capp. 285.31))
• Engelmann (Eng. T. xxi. 1 (Capp. 285.31))