ECL-Bn.7:73-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:73-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting: a scene of sacrifice
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Palazzo Rospigliosi
A group of scenes in rectangular panels, all from the large wall Bn 7. 39
A group of scenes in rectangular panels, all from the large wall Bn 7. 39
Other number
Ashby ETON IV. 73 (4)
Description
Content (description)
Painting. A scene of sacrifice - two female figures to the left, one standing, the other seated. There is a bronze statuette of a goddess on a column, then a smoking altar, then an olive tree: to the right is a youth with a garland in his left and a spear in his right. Meleager and Atalanta (?) with simulacrum of Artemis.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 289mm
width (actual size): 277mm
width (actual size): 277mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 204 x 159
The painting on the page measures 218mm x 173mm
The painting on the page measures 218mm x 173mm
Inscription
in aedibus. Rospigliosi e Balneis Constantini 7 written in ink on the front of the painting
No. 4 written in ink on the back of the drawing
No. 4 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
watercolour, pen and pencil on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.44 See Bn 7. 39)
• Michaelis (Holk. i. 31 (a loggia with columns and architrave only added))
• Michaelis (Holk. i. 31 (a loggia with columns and architrave only added))