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ECL-Bn.7:87-2013

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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

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 215 x 166
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.

Materials & techniques note

watercolour, pencil, and bodycolour on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p.47)
• Michaelis (Holk. ii. 40 (pencil))
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