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ECL-Bn.7:2-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.7:2-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Wall Painting: Neptune and nymph

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Other number

Ashby ETON IV 2

Description

Content (description)

Neptune, who has dismounted from his chariot, drawn by a pair of winged seahorses, hurries to left towards a nymph, who falls in trying to escape him. To the right is another nymph sitting on a base.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 270mm
width (actual size): 405mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 117 x 253
The actual painting on the page measures 143mm x 279mm

Inscription

Fran.co. Bartoli Antiquario di Sua Santita Papa Clemente XI written within the frame lower edge
Nella Camera di Venere Vicino a Pozzuolo written in ink on the back of the painting





Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p.37 )
image 78435
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