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ECL-Bn.8:19-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.8:19-2013

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. 19 (xviii)

Description

Content (description)

Bacchic scene: to left a Maenad dancing with cymbals: then two women with lyre and tambourine: then Bacchus with thyrsus: to right a female figure with tambourine (?) approaches an altar: three other figures in the background; tree on extreme right.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 244mm
width (actual size): 331mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 171 x 259
The actual painting on the page measures 195mm x 281mm

Inscription

XVIII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 18 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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