ECL-TP.2-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-TP.2-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of a harbour
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Painting of a harbour. There is much difference of opinion as to the subject represented- The harbour of Rome under the Aventine, that of Claudius at Ostia, or that of Puteoli; but Carcopino confirms the last identification, and makes the island that on which Octavian, Antony, and Sextus Pompeius met to conclude the peace of Misenum in 39 B.C. It is clear that the buildings on the island are not thermae, as Carcopino (p.257) points out.
Content (note)
Painting of Harbour, painted on a wall in Titus's baths.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 598mm
width (actual size): 1170mm
width (actual size): 1170mm
Inscription
Franc. Bartoli delineavit is inscribed on the bottom of the shield with legend. The legend clearly details the different types of building. The shield is on the top left, front of painting.
At the bottom of the painting is written No.II = 2
At the bottom of the painting is written No.II = 2
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour on paper, backed on to canvas. Three pieces of paper joined together.
Production
Person
Bartoli, Francesco, 1675? - 1730? (Artist)
Date
c.1700
History and association
Object history note
'The Port of Antium found painted on a wall in Titus's Baths- a great curiosity ' (in the English list). An engraving in Bellori, 'Forma Urbis ad init.' agrees generally with our drawing, but is less accurate in details. In Nett. 157-169 (Inv 11406-11417) are detailed reproductions of the individual buildings (Hulsen in Rom. Mitt. xi (1896) 213 sqq.), in which we may notice that most of the windows and spaces between the columns are represented as glazed. There are other differences in details as a comparison will show. Perhaps the greatest diversity is in the representation of the building called Aquae Pensiles. ( For inscriptions cf.C.I.L vi 36,613)
Previous ownership
References
• Dubois (Pouzzoles Antique)