ECL-Bn.8:45-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:45-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Sacrificial scene
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 45 (iv)
Description
Content (description)
On chocolate ground: Tripod in centre: a woman stands behind it with double flutes: another comes from right and pours libation: behind is another with a thyrsus: then a man (with a loin-cloth and high boots) holding a basket of flowers: then comes part of another male figure (the painting is broken off here): to the left is a statue of Silvanus with his dog on a high base, and a standing female figure to the left of that again.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 240mm
width (actual size): 319mm
width (actual size): 319mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 162 x 239
The actual painting on the page measures 180mm x 258mm
The actual painting on the page measures 180mm x 258mm
Inscription
IV written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Fr. Bartoli nel Aventino di un altra stanza ne la facciata con spartimenti di colonette no. 4 di 6 figure written in ink on the back of the painting
Fr. Bartoli nel Aventino di un altra stanza ne la facciata con spartimenti di colonette no. 4 di 6 figure written in ink on the back of the painting
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.56)