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Mosaic depicting two scenes of fighting between a secutor and a retiarius

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Francesco Bartoli (1675-1730)

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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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Both scenes were found in the 'orto del Carciofolo' on the left of the Via Appia, just before the Villa Mattei in 1670. These two mosaics subsequently passed into the Massimi collection, and are now in Madrid. Copy of Eton ii.17.
Volume 1; Folio No. 50

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Courtesy of Holkham Hall

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Via Appia, Rome, Italy

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Buildings & Architecture

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

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