ECL-Bn.8:3-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:3-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Sacrifice with five figures
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 3 (iii)
Description
Content (description)
Sacrifice: on left is a woman with head veiled, about to pour a libation on a flaming altar, behind her is an attendant: in the centre is a high square pillar with an egg (??) on top of it and a tree behind: in front of it a woman with a patera in her right hand and a dish of flowers in her left: to the right is a seated male figure, with a woman standing by him.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 270mm
width (actual size): 347mm
width (actual size): 347mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 206 x 285
The actual painting on the page measures 226mm x 304mm
The actual painting on the page measures 226mm x 304mm
Inscription
III written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 3 written in ink on the back of the painting
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 3 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.49)