ECL-Bn.7:93-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.7:93-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Decorative Mosaic in S. Constanza
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON IV. 93
Description
Content (description)
Decorative mosaic in the vaulting of S. Constanza. A series of circular fields, encircled by interweaving coloured bands, depict multiple images of Erotes and Psychai. The remaining spaces, in the shape of octagons with concave sides, feature birds and animals.
Content (object)
mosaic
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 161mm
width (actual size): 221mm
width (actual size): 221mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 162 x 221
Inscription
Fran. co Bartoli fece
del Palazzo di Augusto No.22 written in ink on the back of the painting
del Palazzo di Augusto No.22 written in ink on the back of the painting
Materials & techniques note
pen and watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.47)
• Venturi (u, (ed. 1) Fig. 99 (lower half - inaccurately represented))
• Venturi (u, (ed. 1) Fig. 99 (lower half - inaccurately represented))