ECL-Bn.6:28-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:28-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Antique Ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 28 (13)
Description
Content (description)
Painting of Antique Ceiling.
Husband and wife busts in central circle: four other busts in minor circles.
Goats (?) pulling bigas around the edge of a striped ribbon.
Ceremonies on either side.
Scenes with boats on water in the corners.
Husband and wife busts in central circle: four other busts in minor circles.
Goats (?) pulling bigas around the edge of a striped ribbon.
Ceremonies on either side.
Scenes with boats on water in the corners.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 458mm
width (actual size): 582mm
width (actual size): 582mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 562 x 420
The actual painting on the page measures 428mm x 574mm
The actual painting on the page measures 428mm x 574mm
Inscription
Volta del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the painting
Fran.cus Bartolus Disegnio Fecit Anno 1721 written in ink on the front of the painting along inside edge lower left.
Fran.cus Bartolus Disegnio Fecit Anno 1721 written in ink on the front of the painting 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 xxiii. (Eng. xxvii.5) and Caylus xxiv. xxv. and Bn 5. 22-24 for the lunettes)
• Michaelis (Holk. i. I, 54 (Three of the medallions reversed and the colours differ); ii. 14, 77; Nett. also gives App. 7a joined to it (as Bn 5.22) Nett. 149 (Inv. 11394))
• Coleraine (vii. 16; App. 4)
• Lanciani (174)
• Engelmann (Caylus xxiii. (Eng. xxvii.5) and Caylus xxiv. xxv. and Bn 5. 22-24 for the lunettes)
• Michaelis (Holk. i. I, 54 (Three of the medallions reversed and the colours differ); ii. 14, 77; Nett. also gives App. 7a joined to it (as Bn 5.22) Nett. 149 (Inv. 11394))
• Coleraine (vii. 16; App. 4)
• Lanciani (174)