ECL-Bn.9:6-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.9:6-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Head of Mars
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
Ashby ETON VII. 6
Description
Content (description)
On a brown ground, the head and shoulders of Mars, with his right arm raised, holding a spear, facing to left, with pink scarf and pink plume on his helmet.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 470mm
width (actual size): 346mm
width (actual size): 346mm
Dimension note
Ashby gives the dimensions as 153 x 147
The actual painting on the page measures 168mm x 161mm
The actual painting on the page measures 168mm x 161mm
Inscription
Nel Museo del cardinale Gualtieri, G. G. written in ink on the back of the painting
(ie. Filippo Antonio Gualtieri (d. 1728)
(ie. Filippo Antonio Gualtieri (d. 1728)
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.61 Plate XXIII)
• Lanciani (Bull. Com. 1894, 182)
• Deseine (i. 42)
• Lanciani (Bull. Com. 1894, 182)
• Deseine (i. 42)
