ECL-Bn.8:8-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:8-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Figures worshipping (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 8(viii)
Description
Content (description)
On the right a bearded suppliant kneels and holds a column which stands on a low base, with a disk on the top of it, under a tree from which two oscilla hang: behind him stands a woman with a tambourine (?) in her left hand, gesturing with her right: In the centre a small statue of Vertumnus on a plinth with sickle and pedum, against the base of which lies a vine-entwined thyrsus: to the left are three women, one with a basket of fruit on her head: and to the left again are three men.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 252mm
width (actual size): 394mm
width (actual size): 394mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 189 x 323
The actual painting on the page measures 209mm x 345mm
The actual painting on the page measures 209mm x 345mm
Inscription
VIII written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 8 written in ink on the back of the painting
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino No. 8 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)