FDA-A.428-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.428-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Head Master's Chambers Mural
Description
Schoolroom scene featuring the central figure of a schoolmaster, seated on a high-backed wooden chair, raised on a plinth, wearing a cap, long gown, black leather shoes, holding a book and a birch rod' the schoolmaster is flanked by two groups of boys (depicted on a smaller scale); above the scene are coats of arms and inscriptions
Comments
No record has been found within the College's accounts relating to the commissioning of this mural (or wall painting), perhaps indicating that this was a private commission by the then Head Master.
Description
Inscription
On the scroll along the top of the painting: 'Virtus preceptoris est ingeniorum notare discrimina'
Material
charcoal
oil paint
Tempera
oil paint
Tempera
Materials & techniques note
Oil paint and tempera over a prepared ground; charcoal underdrawing
Production
Date
c.1520-40
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.784-2013 (copy after original)
