ECL-TP.12-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-TP.12-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Frieze of sixteen figures
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Pairs of columns to the right, single columns to left. Between the columns five figures performing a sacrifice: on each side three figures advance to an altar (group on right includes two armed men) : to left a column, beyond which two men hold an object covered with a cloth: then a bust on a high pedestal, towards which three figures advance (one female with a lyre).
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
In Thomas Ashby's 1914 Eton Catalogue : 'Nel Aventino due fregie di stanze N.2 di 16 figure'
Dimensions
height (actual size): 178mm
width (actual size): 672mm
width (actual size): 672mm
Inscription
Written in ink on front below image: II No:XII
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper now backed on to canvas
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730