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ECL-Bn.8:24-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.8:24-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Wall Painting: Bacchic dance

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

NB. changes in the numbering system

Other number

Ashby ETON V. 24 (xxiii)

Description

Content (description)

Bacchic dance: to left a male figure flower-crowned: then two females with pedum: then a female with a long flute: then a male winged figure, with double flutes: then a female with tambourine: on the extreme right a statue of a goddess on a pedestal in front of an aedicula.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)



Dimensions

height (actual size): 326mm
width (actual size): 517mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 180 x 483
The actual painting on the page measures 205mm x 456mm

Inscription

XXIII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. (cut off) 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.53)
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