ECL-Bn.8:16-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:16-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Bacchic scene
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
NB. changes in the numbering system
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 16 (xv)
Description
Content (description)
Bacchic scene: in the centre is a wooden basin, from the water in which issues a serpent: four women to the left (one with a thyrsus and one with a staff) one behind it with a bowl, and four (two with thyrsi, one, further back with a patera) to the right: near the latter is a female statue on a base, in front of a column with an urn on it: behind this is a tree on which hangs an oscillum: to the right in the foreground is a bowl on a pedestal with a wall behind: to the left a figure is seated holding an urn, in front of an obelisk and a tree: behind her is an attendant.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 336mm
width (actual size): 536mm
width (actual size): 536mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 226 x 461
The actual painting on the page measures 247mm x 480mm
The actual painting on the page measures 247mm x 480mm
Inscription
XV written in pencil on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 15 written in ink on the back of the painting
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 15 written in ink on the back of the painting
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.52)