ECL-Bn.6:30-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:30-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Antique Ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 30
Description
Content (description)
Painting of Antique Ceiling.
In the central circle two male figures - nude Hercules with club to left, Bacchus to right with a cloak hanging behind him and an amphora in his uplifted left hand. Garlanded heads in the corners around the circle. Octagonal medallions with figures alternate with Centaurs and pairs of figures in squares.
Further ornamentation in outer band with many figures
In the central circle two male figures - nude Hercules with club to left, Bacchus to right with a cloak hanging behind him and an amphora in his uplifted left hand. Garlanded heads in the corners around the circle. Octagonal medallions with figures alternate with Centaurs and pairs of figures in squares.
Further ornamentation in outer band with many figures
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 420mm
width (actual size): 381mm
width (actual size): 381mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 342 square
The actual painting on the page measures 364mm x 364mm
The actual painting on the page measures 364mm x 364mm
Inscription
Fran.cus Bartolus Fecit Anno 1721 written in ink on the front of the painting, inside the border lower left
Volta del Palazzo di Tito written in ink on the back of the drawing
Volta del Palazzo di Tito 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.35)
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 23 (344 x 340))
• Cameron (62 (Baths of Titus))
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 23 (344 x 340))
• Cameron (62 (Baths of Titus))
