ECL-TP.13-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-TP.13-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
A lunette of a vaulted arch
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Arched wall panel with an arch-topped rectangular central panel depicting a sacrifice with three male figures. Sea centaurs and sea creatures adorn the arch itself. Gold tendrils loop along base above a bright blue pilastered base.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
In Thomas Ashby's 1914 Eton Catalogue : 'Una lunetta di volta arcata trovata nel Monte Palatino, 1721.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 260mm
width (actual size): 439mm
width (actual size): 439mm
Inscription
Written in ink on the front below image: No: XIII
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper now backed on to canvas
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Cameron (The Baths of the Romans explained and illustrated)
• Lanciani (189, he wrongly attributes both TP 13 and 14 to the Aventine.)
• Lanciani (189, he wrongly attributes both TP 13 and 14 to the Aventine.)