ECL-TP.4-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-TP.4-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Scene with Disembarkation of Ulysses(?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Figures disembark from a ship which appears to the right of a rock. It is flanked by coloured and plain columns which support an upper decorated terrace with a pair of herms supporting another coloured curved shelf. Across the upper third of the picture is an arched pediment with scrolls and peacocks.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
Content (note)
In the Thomas Ashby Catalogue of the Topham Portfolio it describes :
'An Ancient Picture found 1724 in the Farnesian Gardens' and:
'It is under the Basilica (cf. Hulsen, Rom. Mitt. x (1895), 259), and has recently been found. It belongs to an earlier house, which may be dated to the end of the Republic.
'An Ancient Picture found 1724 in the Farnesian Gardens' and:
'It is under the Basilica (cf. Hulsen, Rom. Mitt. x (1895), 259), and has recently been found. It belongs to an earlier house, which may be dated to the end of the Republic.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 801mm
width (actual size): 580mm
width (actual size): 580mm
Dimension note
In the Thomas Ashby Catalogue of the Topham Portfolio the dimension is given as 750 x 524, this refers to the area inside the painted frame.
Coleraine vii. 25 has 423 x 725
Coleraine vii. 25 has 423 x 725
Inscription
No. IV written in ink centre of lower edge, this is the TP catalogue number.
Taped to mount so no other inscription visible.
Taped to mount so no other inscription visible.
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Haugwitz (p. 108. Fig. II)
• Turnbull (25)
• Turnbull (28)
• Turnbull (25)
• Turnbull (28)
