ECL-Bn.5:44-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:44-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: Whole wall decoration
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn 5. 44-47 are a set of Paintings. The set is numbered i-iv, 44 being a whole wall, and 45-47 details, though they do not actually form part of the composition.
Other number
Ashby ETON II No.44 (i)
Description
Content (description)
Below is a portico decorated with composite columns: in the centre a female figure stands on the left, with drapery over her right shoulder and her lower limbs: before her kneels a youth, with his left arm stretched out, and the index finger pointing down: between them is a snake rising out of a basket of flowers. In the panel on the left is Hermes with the caduceus, in that on the right is a female figure with a stephane, and drapery round her lower limbs, holding an apple (?) in her right hand: above these figures are solar busts: in the panels at each extremity are pairs of Ionic columns supporting vases, but belonging to the scheme of the background. In the upper tier the architecture is Ionic. Minerva (?), unarmed with a sceptre in her right hand, and a wreath in her left, is seated on a chair in the centre panel: and in each of the panels at the extremities is a hovering cherub.
Content (object)
painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 315mm
width (actual size): 411mm
width (actual size): 411mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 254 x 345
The actual drawing on the page measures 270mm x 360mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 270mm x 360mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
I written in ink below the drawing
I written in ink 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. 25 )