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ECL-Bn.5:50-2013

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ECL-Bn.5:50-2013

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Identification

Title

Painting: A whole wall

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bn 5. 49-66 is a long series of paintings numbered vi-23 (x omitted).

Other number

Ashby ETON II No. 50 (vii)

Description

Content (description)

A whole wall. In centre under a shell niche on a blue ground Hercules seated with club to right: on left a female figure leaning against a round altar holding a sheep's head to left, with yellow chiton, red himation, blue underskirt: to left is Athena with yellow himation and underskirt, rose robe: to right a female figure in yellow over red. A vase in the centre over the shell niche. On each side of the curved pediment of the shell niche is a seated nude male figure, with a smoking altar in front of him: on the right is a statue of Minerva with helmet, shield and spear (round the spear a serpent is twined) and on the left a draped female figure (Ceres?) with a torch in the right hand.

Content (object)

painting

Content (note)


Dimensions

height (actual size): 330mm
width (actual size): 358mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 310 x 290
The actual drawing on the page measures 288mm x 312mm

Inscription

Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
VII written in ink below the drawing lower right



Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p. 26 )
• Engelmann (Eng. T. ix. 2 (Cors. 83) 'Pittura antica discouerta nel Celio nella Villa Casali l'anno 1706'.)
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