ECL-Bn.8:32-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:32-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Ariadne (?) with six figures
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
NB. changes in the numbering system
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 32 (xxx)
Description
Content (description)
In centre under a tree an altar with flowers on it, and an urn by it: to right a female figure (Ariadne?) with her lower limbs draped, reclines on a rock with uplifted right hand: to her right stand three female figures, one holding a piece of cloth with elaborate border: to left a camillus with urceus and lituus (?): then a woman, then a youth with a large disk.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 353mm
width (actual size): 353mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 213 x 418
The actual painting on the page measures 204mm x 305mm
The actual painting on the page measures 204mm x 305mm
Inscription
XXX written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No.30 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No.30 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)