ECL-Bn.7:87-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:87-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall painting: Fame flying above two female figures
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON IV. 87 (21)
Description
Content (description)
A wall painting with two draped female seated figures: the one to the left holds a staff in her right hadn, and a garland in her left: the one to the right holds a globe in her right hand, and touches another (which rests on a stool) with her left. Above them Fame flies to the right (her trumpet is not shown)
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 407mm
width (actual size): 267mm
width (actual size): 267mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 215 x 166
The painting on the page measures 234mm x 184mm
The painting on the page measures 234mm x 184mm
Inscription
Fran. co Bartoli fece
del Palazzo di Augusto No.21 written in ink on the back of the painting
A tiny '21' written on the front of the painting, just inside the red frame lower right.
del Palazzo di Augusto No.21 written in ink on the back of the painting
A tiny '21' written on the front of the painting, just inside the red frame lower right.
Materials & techniques note
watercolour, pencil, and bodycolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.47)
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 40 (pencil))
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 40 (pencil))