ECL-Bn.5:51-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:51-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: Emperor (?) and Zeus
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. 51 (viii)
Description
Content (description)
Zeus with eagle to extreme right on a throne: Athena behind him, and in the background a blue curtain: to left a bearded figure advances towards him to right, behind him another unbearded figure: and to left four more figures, two bearded, two not: one, laurel-crowned, who sacrifices on an altar, is probably an emperor.
Content (object)
painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 245mm
width (actual size): 355mm
width (actual size): 355mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 165 x 271
The actual drawing on the page measures 185mm x 290mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 185mm x 290mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
VIII written in ink below the drawing lower right
VIII written in ink below the drawing lower right
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. 26 )