ECL-Bn.6:2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:2-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Mosaic Pavement (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III No. 2(m)
Description
Content (description)
In central square, with concave sides, a female sits on a rock with drapery over her legs, and a bunch of flowers in her uplifted right hand, towards which a little child outstretches his hands. The rest is black and white with single figures in the corner circles closely resembling those in Bn. 7 No. 39. There are black masks with anthemium style necks around the central panel and baskets of fruit inside the border below them. Chequered border.
Content (object)
mosaic
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 369mm
width (actual size): 350mm
width (actual size): 350mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 287 square
The actual drawing on the page measures 299mm x 298mm
The actual drawing on the page measures 299mm x 298mm
Inscription
Bartoli Villa Hadriani 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.30 Plate XV)