ECL-Bn.7:1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Mosaic: Group of Philosophers
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON IV 1
Description
Content (description)
Mosaic : Group of Philosophers. Very fragmented. Central purple figure, faces left. Serpent wrapped around figure on right, only partially visible.
Content (object)
mosaic
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 503mm
width (actual size): 376mm
width (actual size): 376mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 19 x 26
The actual painting on the page measures 199mm x 268mm
The actual painting on the page measures 199mm x 268mm
Inscription
Musaico del Sig. S. Marchese de' Cavalieri. written in ink on the front 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 Ny Carlsberg 391 )
• Engelmann (Eng. T. xv. 5 (Capp. 284. 90) see also Eng. p. xxvii. Fig. 10 (where this drawing is reproduced) and Cors. 9, 127 (Eng. T. i. 4, xi. 6))
• Engelmann (Eng. T. xv. 5 (Capp. 284. 90) see also Eng. p. xxvii. Fig. 10 (where this drawing is reproduced) and Cors. 9, 127 (Eng. T. i. 4, xi. 6))