ECL-Bn.8:51-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:51-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Recumbant Ariadne with youths
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 51 (xi)
Description
Content (description)
Ariadne lies abandoned to left: then a square altar in front of a square pillar: then a youth with a club on his left shoulder advances to greet three others (two with pedum): to right sits a female figure with a basket of flowers.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 414mm
width (actual size): 414mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 174 x 305
The actual painting on the page measures 197mm x 327mm
The actual painting on the page measures 197mm x 327mm
Inscription
XI written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Fr. Bartoli A San Stefano rotondo fu trovata una stanza di Pittura antica di 6 figure. No. 11 written in ink on the back of the painting
Fr. Bartoli A San Stefano rotondo fu trovata una stanza di Pittura antica di 6 figure. No. 11 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.57 )