A (Grecian/Roman) Wedding: the Marriage (after Sacchetti antique relief) ('The Farewell of Alcestis and Admetus with Hestia')

British (English) School
National Trust Inventory Number 108794

Category	Paintings
Date	1759 - 1769
Materials	Oil on canvas (grisaille) (circular)
Measurements	750 mm (diameter) (E)
Place of origin

Collection	Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at	Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, Midlands, National Trust

Summary description

Oil painting on canvas (grisaille) (circular), A (Grecian/Roman) Wedding: the Marriage ('The Farewell of Alcestis and Admetus with Hestia'), British (English) School, 1759-69. Second of a series of four and depicts the marriage ceremony taking place. See Pietro Santi Bartali (1635 - 1700) engraving of this composition in 'Romanarum Admiranda Monumenta' (1693), fig. 65 entiled ARCAE MARMORAE LATERALIS FACIES, In aedibus de Sacchettis

Provenance

Recorded in the Hall by 1769; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston Hall with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) in 1986 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)

Credit line

Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)

Marks and inscriptions

n

Makers and roles

British (English) School, artist

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Maker	British (English) School (3509)
Subjects
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Record Status

Enhanced