ECL-Bn.8:55-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:55-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Rhea Silvia, with twins and Mars
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
A pair to Bn. 8. 15
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 55 (xv)
Description
Content (description)
On a dark red ground: Rhea Silvia with twins seated on rocks in centre: Mars stands to right: behind him another helmeted figure: then two unarmed youths, one seated, one standing: to left a bearded man, and beyond him a youth with helmet and shield. A high base in extreme left background.
A pair to Bn. 8. 15
A pair to Bn. 8. 15
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 226mm
width (actual size): 360mm
width (actual size): 360mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 153 x 284
The actual painting on the page measures 174mm x 306mm
The actual painting on the page measures 174mm x 306mm
Inscription
XV written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Fr. Bartoli Nel aventino fu trouati due facciate di stanze in parte cadute di 9 figure p(er) ciascheduna written in ink on the back of the painting
Fr. Bartoli Nel aventino fu trouati due facciate di stanze in parte cadute di 9 figure p(er) ciascheduna written in ink on the back of the painting
Inscription description
Same inscription as Bn. 8. 15
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen, and watercolour and bodycolour on paper
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.57 )