A (Grecian/Roman) Wedding: washing the Feet ('Alcestis preparing to die')

British (English) School
National Trust Inventory Number 108795

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

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: washing the Feet, British (English) School. Round grisaille painting depicting scenes from an ancient Greek wedding- this one the third of a series of four - washing the bride's feet. Derived from Nova Nupta, in Pietro Santo Bartoli, 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum' (1693), fig. 59, from relief In aedibus DD de Valle - also simplified and in reverse of fig. 71 - entitled: SPONSA FLAMMEO LACRIMAS DETERGIT VNCTRIX VIRGINIS PEDES SPONGIA OBLINIT AD HIBITO ALABASTRI VNGENTO AC IVNONIS VNXIAE NVMAE.

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

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Makers and roles

British (English) School, artist

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Record Status

Enhanced