ECL-Bn.8:10-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:10-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Bacchic scene
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 10 (x)
Description
Content (description)
Bacchic scene: on right a kneeling female figure uncovers some mystic object, (cradle?): to her right stands a female figure with a dish of fruit, and to the left, three more women: in the centre a club rests upon a rock, behind which is a tree, and three more female figures, the one at the front reaches in to the basket which is carried on the head of a girl. To the left again are three more women.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 289mm
width (actual size): 533mm
width (actual size): 533mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 188 x 467
The actual painting on the page measures 211mm x 488mm
The actual painting on the page measures 211mm x 488mm
Inscription
X written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 10 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 10 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen and watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.51)