ECL-Bn.7:86-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:86-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall painting: wall scheme with four columnar figures
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON IV. 86 (10)
Description
Content (description)
A wall painting with the beginning of the vaulting shown, slightly fragmented.
Across the middle layer square panels with bulls in inner circles alternate with elipse-shaped panels iwth ducks. Stylized corn divides the panels.
Along the bottom layer draped figures with Ionic capitals alternate with delicate columnar structures.
Across the middle layer square panels with bulls in inner circles alternate with elipse-shaped panels iwth ducks. Stylized corn divides the panels.
Along the bottom layer draped figures with Ionic capitals alternate with delicate columnar structures.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 264mm
width (actual size): 409mm
width (actual size): 409mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 298 x 179
The painting on the page measures 196mm x 315mm
The painting on the page measures 196mm x 315mm
Inscription
Fran. co Bartoli fece
del Palazzo di Augusto No. 10 written in ink on the back of the painting
del Palazzo di Augusto No. 10 written in ink on the back of the painting
Materials & techniques note
watercolour, pencil, pen and bodycolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.46 Plate XIX)
• Michaelis (Vitt. 23 (24) (Inv. 9585), 'quarto stanza al coliseo' see also 32-38 (34-40) (Inv. 9596-9602) with Michaelis' notes )
• Engelmann (Caylus i (Eng. T. xxiv. 1))
• Lanciani (176, 178 (who has missed this identification, and is quite wrong (Ruins, p. 381) in supposing that these drawings have anything to do with the stucco decorations of the Colosseum itself))
• Michaelis (Vitt. 23 (24) (Inv. 9585), 'quarto stanza al coliseo' see also 32-38 (34-40) (Inv. 9596-9602) with Michaelis' notes )
• Engelmann (Caylus i (Eng. T. xxiv. 1))
• Lanciani (176, 178 (who has missed this identification, and is quite wrong (Ruins, p. 381) in supposing that these drawings have anything to do with the stucco decorations of the Colosseum itself))