ECL-Bn.8:30-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:30-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Group with Bacchus (?) and mound
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
NB. changes in the numbering system
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 30 (xxxvii)
Description
Content (description)
On left in foreground a raised mound with a circular opening in it (a mundus?): behind it stand five women, one holding two torches, another a dish of fruit: then comes a youthful Bacchus (?) with a cup in his right hand and a pedum in his left: then an aedicula: in the left portion of the aedicula is a fountain, behind which two women stand, then a small, seated draped statue on a projecting base: to the right stands a woman with a dish of fruit.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 316mm
width (actual size): 510mm
width (actual size): 510mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 209 x 410
The actual painting on the page measures 239mm x 432mm
The actual painting on the page measures 239mm x 432mm
Inscription
XXXVII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No.37 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No.37 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
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.54)