A (Grecian/Roman) Wedding: the Marriage (after Sacchetti antique relief) ('The Farewell of Alcestis and Admetus with Hestia')
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1759 - 1769
Materials
Oil on canvas (grisaille) (circular)
Measurements
750 mm (diameter) (E)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108794
Summary
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