FDA-D.1027-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1027-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
The Arch of Septimus Severus
Parrocel
Parrocel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
See Collection Record FDA-D.970-2014
Other number
58
Description
Content (place)
Rome
Content (note)
View of the Arch of Severus, Roman Forum
The verso has a copy of a painting of an Old Testament subject
The verso has a copy of a painting of an Old Testament subject
Dimensions
height (actual size): 235mm
width (actual size): 383mm
width (actual size): 383mm
Inscription
Inscribed in ink 'del larco di Septimio Sivero[...] del Tempio della Concorda [...] di Giove [...] / no [?] (crossed out)'
Inscribed in ink in another hand '58' beneath ink inscription above
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Arch of Severus', 'C. Phocas', T. Saturn', and 'T. Vespian'
Inscribed in ink in another hand '58' beneath ink inscription above
Inscribed in pencil in another hand on paper mount 'Arch of Severus', 'C. Phocas', T. Saturn', and 'T. Vespian'
Materials & techniques note
Black-and-white chalk on buff paper, mounted on a sheet with a double grey wash border
Watermark of a saint kneeling in a cartouch and watermark 'J Whatman'
Watermark of a saint kneeling in a cartouch and watermark 'J Whatman'
Production
Person
Parrocel, Etienne, 1696 - 1775 (Artist)
Date
Before 1740
History and association
Previous ownership
Baddeley, Welbore St. Clair, 1856 - 1945: Bequested to Eton College in 1945
Hare, Augustus: Possibly owned by Augustus Hare, Rome
Peachey, John (2nd Baron Selsey), 1749 - 1816: J. Peachey purchased the drawings from W. Locke after his return from the Grand Tour in 1777
Locke, William: W. Locke purchased the drawings in Rome in 1750
Hare, Augustus: Possibly owned by Augustus Hare, Rome
Peachey, John (2nd Baron Selsey), 1749 - 1816: J. Peachey purchased the drawings from W. Locke after his return from the Grand Tour in 1777
Locke, William: W. Locke purchased the drawings in Rome in 1750
References
• Ingamells, J., A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London, 1997 (p. 750)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, exhibition catalogue, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (pp.110-111)
• Connor, L., A Set of Chalk Vedute by Etienne Parrocel, Eton Collections Review no.3, pp.50-55
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, exhibition catalogue, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (pp.110-111)
• Connor, L., A Set of Chalk Vedute by Etienne Parrocel, Eton Collections Review no.3, pp.50-55
