ECL-Bn.6:29-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:29-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Antique Ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 29
Description
Content (description)
Painting of Antique Ceiling.
In the central circle husband and wife sit together to the right: their child (?) draped, advances towards them from the left, bringing flowers; above the husband's head a Cupid bearing a garland flies to the right. Pairs and trios of figures around the edge. Bunches of red, stylized grapes.
In the central circle husband and wife sit together to the right: their child (?) draped, advances towards them from the left, bringing flowers; above the husband's head a Cupid bearing a garland flies to the right. Pairs and trios of figures around the edge. Bunches of red, stylized grapes.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 386mm
width (actual size): 359mm
width (actual size): 359mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 308 square
The actual painting on the page measures 319mm x 320mm
The actual painting on the page measures 319mm x 320mm
Inscription
Bartoli Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the painting
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)