ECL-Bn.6:16-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:16-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Drawing of Ancient ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 16 (D)
Description
Content (description)
Drawing of an ancient ceiling.
In central circle a female figure hovering: her lower limbs (except part of the right leg) are covered by drapery. In her right hand she holds a disk, in her left a fillet. In four of the twelve subsiduary circles are heads of Medusa.
Gold tendrils and eight birds in the background.
In central circle a female figure hovering: her lower limbs (except part of the right leg) are covered by drapery. In her right hand she holds a disk, in her left a fillet. In four of the twelve subsiduary circles are heads of Medusa.
Gold tendrils and eight birds in the background.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 414mm
width (actual size): 373mm
width (actual size): 373mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 350 square
The actual painting on the page measures 362mm x 360mm
The actual painting on the page measures 362mm x 360mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani written in ink on the back of the drawing
D written in ink on the back of the drawing
D written in ink on the back of 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.32 )