ECL-Bn.6:34-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:34-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Antique Ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 34
Description
Content (description)
Painting of Antique Ceiling. Square.
In the central circle is a female draped figure with her dress flying behind her and a scarf held over her head.
Single figures in blue oval frames in each corner and rectangular panels with at least three figures each, in between.
Green and gold border with griffins
In the central circle is a female draped figure with her dress flying behind her and a scarf held over her head.
Single figures in blue oval frames in each corner and rectangular panels with at least three figures each, in between.
Green and gold border with griffins
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 418mm
width (actual size): 373mm
width (actual size): 373mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 332 square
Inscription
Fran.cus Bartolus. Fecit Anno 1721 written in ink on front, within 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 Soane, vol. cit. f. 190)
• Montfaucon (Suppl. iii. Pl 59 'peinture a fresque d'une chambre des bains des Ausustes a Rome'. cf. text p. 162)
• Montfaucon (Suppl. iii. Pl 59 'peinture a fresque d'une chambre des bains des Ausustes a Rome'. cf. text p. 162)
