ECL-Bn.7:54-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:54-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Mercury with scarf
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Palazzo Rospigliosi
Other number
Ashby ETON IV. 54
Description
Content (description)
Mercury, moving to right with billowing yellow scarf held aloft with his left hand, and a staff in his right. Garlands above with grapes, and small red drapes in the top corners.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 286mm
width (actual size): 215mm
width (actual size): 215mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 194 x 140
The actual painting on the page measures 214mm x 158mm
The actual painting on the page measures 214mm x 158mm
Inscription
in aedibus Rospigliosi written in ink on the back of the painting
Franc.cus Bartolus fecit written in ink on the front of the painting
Franc.cus Bartolus fecit 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.43)
• Chats (34)
• Engelmann (Capp. 284. 16 (moving), 22 (still))
• Cameron (42)
• Chats (34)
• Engelmann (Capp. 284. 16 (moving), 22 (still))
• Cameron (42)