ECL-Bn.5:46-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:46-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: Detail of 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.46 (iii)
Description
Content (description)
Psyche, with butterfly wings, holds a vitta in both hands. Mars on the left proffers a mask (?) with his left hand. Staff in his right.
Ashby: 'The representation finds no parallel elsewhere, for as far as I have been able to discover, there is no ground for the association of Psyche with a warrior. The mask, too, I cannot explain'.
Ashby: 'The representation finds no parallel elsewhere, for as far as I have been able to discover, there is no ground for the association of Psyche with a warrior. The mask, too, I cannot explain'.
Content (object)
painting
Content (note)
Ashby: 'The representation finds no parallel elsewhere, for as far as I have been able to discover, there is no ground for the association of Psyche with a warrior. The mask, too, I cannot explain'.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 372mm
width (actual size): 260mm
width (actual size): 260mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 160 x 144
The actual drawing on the page measures 178mm x 162mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 178mm x 162mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
III written in ink below the drawing
III 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 )