ECL-Bn.5:39-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:39-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Two Gladiators
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Numbers Bn 5. 35-40 are numbered together on the front below the image: I - VI as a sequence
Ashby: 'Bn 5. 37-40 this group of drawings probably refers to a single pavement, which was discovered on the right of the Via Appia near Domine quo vadis in January 1720, according to Montfaucon(MS. Paris 1293, f. 158; cf. Bianchini, Cod. Veron. 348. ff. 71, 79, who gives the inscription of T. Flavius Posidonius seperately, as though it had been on a marble slab, C.I.L. vi. 18169, whereas it really belonged to a pavement)'
Ashby: 'Bn 5. 37-40 this group of drawings probably refers to a single pavement, which was discovered on the right of the Via Appia near Domine quo vadis in January 1720, according to Montfaucon(MS. Paris 1293, f. 158; cf. Bianchini, Cod. Veron. 348. ff. 71, 79, who gives the inscription of T. Flavius Posidonius seperately, as though it had been on a marble slab, C.I.L. vi. 18169, whereas it really belonged to a pavement)'
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.39 (v)
Description
Content (description)
Two gladiators; one to left with hooked weapon stands erect, while the other, on the ground, tries to hook him by the right leg. On the right is the fragmentary inscription: SEVERUS . L. V.
No tesselation.
No tesselation.
Content (object)
mosaic
Content (note)
Ashby describes this as a 'pavement', therefore a mosaic.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 417mm
width (actual size): 272mm
width (actual size): 272mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 170 x 155
The actual drawing on the page measures 156mm x 166mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 156mm x 166mm
Inscription
Bartoli Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
V written in ink on the front, below the drawing
V written in ink on the front, below 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. 23-24 See Ashby for extensive notes)