ECL-Bn.5:61-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.5:61-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Eros and Mercury with statue
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. 61 (18)
Description
Content (description)
Statue of a draped female divinity on a high base, with a wreath of flowers on her head, a wand in her left hand and a sphere (?) in her right. To the right is Eros, winged, and bearing a palm in his right hand (red drapery): to the left, Mercury with a winged caduceus (yellow drapery).
Content (object)
painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 340mm
width (actual size): 252mm
width (actual size): 252mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 202 x 154
The painting on the page actually measures 219mm x 169mm
The painting on the page actually measures 219mm x 169mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
18 written in pencil below the drawing, centre
18 written in pencil below the drawing, centre
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. 28)