ECL-Bn.6:27-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:27-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of whole wall
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 27
Description
Content (description)
Painting of whole Wall
Large oblong wall with five compartments above and five below, divided by columns below and caryatids and telamones above.
In central, largest panel a half draped figure kneels on left, holding palm, and a helmetted, draped figure reaches down towards him with his right hand.
Doric columns frame the many porticoes.
Large oblong wall with five compartments above and five below, divided by columns below and caryatids and telamones above.
In central, largest panel a half draped figure kneels on left, holding palm, and a helmetted, draped figure reaches down towards him with his right hand.
Doric columns frame the many porticoes.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 343mm
width (actual size): 615mm
width (actual size): 615mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 237 x 574
The actual painting on the page measures 600mm x 262mm
The actual painting on the page measures 600mm x 262mm
Inscription
Fran.co Bartoli Disegnio Fecit Anno 1721 written in ink on the front of the drawing along inside edge lower left.
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.34)
• Engelmann (Caylus ii, iv,xii-xiv (Eng. T. xxiv. 2,4, xxv. 6, xxvi. 1,2) and Badd. 108, 109,126 (some differences - noticeably in the top right hand compartment is a nude male figure with a spear, at Eton a draped female))
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 42 (left half - pencil), 38, 62 (details - the two right hand scenes below))
• Engelmann (Caylus ii, iv,xii-xiv (Eng. T. xxiv. 2,4, xxv. 6, xxvi. 1,2) and Badd. 108, 109,126 (some differences - noticeably in the top right hand compartment is a nude male figure with a spear, at Eton a draped female))
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 42 (left half - pencil), 38, 62 (details - the two right hand scenes below))