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ECL-Bn.8:17-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.8:17-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Wall Painting: Scene of sacrifice(?)

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

NB. changes in the numbering system

Other number

Ashby ETON V. 17 (xvi)

Description

Content (description)

Scene of sacrifice (?) : on the left in front of a pyramid, three women, one holding a palm (seated) then four women with a male figure in the centre bearing a lamb (?) on his shoulders, a palm in his left hand and a flat basket in his right: to right five other women and an altar with a dish of flowers on it: a wall in right background.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 308mm
width (actual size): 494mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 202 x 391
The actual painting on the page measures 227mm x 413mm

Inscription

XVI written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 16 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

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p.52)
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