ECL-Bn.8:9-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.8:9-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Wall Painting: Bacchus and Ariadne
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Other number
Ashby ETON V. 9 (ix)
Description
Content (description)
Bacchus with a long pedum approaches Ariadne who unveils herself: behind her stand two attendants, one of whom holds a snake (??): two women with thyrsi and a man with a flower-wreathed staff advance towards a flat pillar on the right: to the left are six more female figures, one with a lyre, one seated with a basket.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 293mm
width (actual size): 533mm
width (actual size): 533mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 189 x 491
The actual painting on the page measures 210mm x 510mm
The actual painting on the page measures 210mm x 510mm
Inscription
IX written in ink on the front, in centre, below the red frame
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 9 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
Bartoli Disegno trouato nel Monte Palatino 1721 No. 9 written in ink on the back of the painting
Ashby says the 1721 has been added.
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.50-51)