ECL-Bn.8:53-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:53-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Prometheus and Athena
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 53 (xii)
Description
Content (description)
Pallas advancing from left with a vitta to a shepherd who sits on the right: landscape Prometheus seated on the left, holding a small figure of Man: Athena stands to the right holding a butterfly: a wall in background.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 309mm
width (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 234mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 218 x 143
The actual painting on the page measures 240mm x 165mm
The actual painting on the page measures 240mm x 165mm
Inscription
XII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Fr. Bartoli A S. Stefano Rotondo una stanza altra, Prometeo che forma l'uomo, con Pallade written in ink on the back of the painting
Fr. Bartoli A S. Stefano Rotondo una stanza altra, Prometeo che forma l'uomo, con Pallade 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 )
• Engelmann (Capp. 285. 23 (Eng. T. xix. 5))
• Engelmann (Capp. 285. 23 (Eng. T. xix. 5))