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ECL-Bn.8:35-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.8:35-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Wall Painting: Bacchantes dancing

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

NB. changes in the numbering system

Other number

Ashby ETON V. 35 (xxxiv)

Description

Content (description)

Two Bacchantes dancing to right: one holds a large cylindrical object, like a banded column: to left under a tree a youth holding a whip, and a woman blowing the double flutes.

Content (object)

mural/wall painting

Content (note)


See Bn 8. 5, 20 and 41 for the cylindrical object.

Dimensions

height (actual size): 273mm
width (actual size): 369mm

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 205 x 285
The actual painting on the page measures 229mm x 308mm

Inscription

XXXIV written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No.34 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.54)
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