ECL-Bn.6:48-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.6:48-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Antique Ceiling
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON III 48
Description
Content (description)
Painting of Antique Ceiling. Rectangular
In the central circle, a youthful Bacchus with two boys, one of whom holds a thyrsus. Flared panels surround the centre with figured scenes, beneath blue drapery, alternating with leaping dogs (?) Fruit garland around the whole central section. To the sides winged figures in arched recesses above baskets of flowers.
In the central circle, a youthful Bacchus with two boys, one of whom holds a thyrsus. Flared panels surround the centre with figured scenes, beneath blue drapery, alternating with leaping dogs (?) Fruit garland around the whole central section. To the sides winged figures in arched recesses above baskets of flowers.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 350mm
width (actual size): 396mm
width (actual size): 396mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 282 x 325
The actual painting on the page measures 297mm x 343mm
The actual painting on the page measures 297mm x 343mm
Inscription
Volta del Palazzo di Augusto 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.37 'App. 3 (where it is rightly attibruted to Thermae Titi: Volta di Bacco)')
• Cameron (65 (Baths of Titus))
• Cameron (65 (Baths of Titus))
