ECL-Bn.8:7-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:7-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Bacchic scene
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 7 (vii)
Description
Content (description)
On right a boy holds a cradle on his head: to the right of him stand three women, one holding a bowl containing flowers: to the left, two more, one holding a garland: further to the left, in front of a small shrine, with an epistyle supported by two Ionic columns, are three more, one kneeling with hands outstretched, one standing, holding a tambourine (?) and a third with her right hand stretched towards the kneeling figure and a kylix in her left.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 252mm
width (actual size): 397mm
width (actual size): 397mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 189 x 330
The actual painting on the page measures 210mm x 352mm
The actual painting on the page measures 210mm x 352mm
Inscription
VII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 7 written in ink on the back of the painting
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 7 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.50)