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Scene from the Nasoni Family Tomb, showing Oedipus answering the sphinx's riddle

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Francesco Bartoli (1675-1730)

Collective Title

Two Albums of Drawings after the Antique by Francesco Bartoli. Bound in gilt-tooled, full tan Morocoo, bound in c. 1830 by F&T. Aiken. Both volumes: 59.3 x 44.5cm.

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The first figure has a pink robe, the second a red cloak with yellow skirt and greaves. See Sepolcro de Nasonii (1680), no. 19.
Volume 1; Folio No. 27

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Courtesy of Holkham Hall

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Tomb of the Nasoni family, Via Flaminia, Rome, Italy

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Buildings & Architecture

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From an album in which Bartoli records classical motifs, many copied from frescoes from identified buildings in Rome.

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