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ECL-Bn.7:36-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.7:36-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Mosaic: Two men spearing two lions (?)

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bn 7. 34-38: All shown coloured as if they were paintings.
See also: Bn 6.51.

Other number

Ashby ETON IV 36

Description

Content (description)

Long panel on plain ground: Two men to left and right hold spears pointing at the two lions (?) in the centre, both animials facing outwards. They bare their teeth, and look very like boar but wtih clawed feet.

Content (object)

mosaic

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 420mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 116 x 325
The actual painting on the page measures 157mm x 366mm

Inscription

Franc. co. Bartoli Aventino written in ink on the front of the painting
nel Monte Aventino 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.40)
• Nogara (ix. 4)
• Engelmann (Eng. T. xii. 3 (Cors. 141))
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