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ECL-Bn.9:6-2013

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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

Dimension note

Ashby gives the dimensions as 153 x 147
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)

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)
image 148154
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