Flora with Cupids sporting among Clouds (after Polidoro da Caravaggio)
Francis Cleyn the elder (Rostock 1582 – London 1658)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1637 - 1639
Materials
Tempera on paper
Measurements
2136 x 2860 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
NT 1140152
Summary
Tempera painting on paper, Flora with Cupids sporting among Clouds (after Polidoro da Caravaggio) by Francis Cleyn the elder (Rostock 1582 – London 1658). Oval, ceiling painting. Flora with a cornucopia from which flowers are spilling, with cupids who are throwing flowers and playing.
Provenance
In 1677 inventory and thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
Francis Cleyn the elder (Rostock 1582 – London 1658), artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543), artist