A Couple admiring Michelangelo's 'Giorno' among Classical Ruins
Flemish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 660 mm (30 x 26 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530115
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Couple admiring Michelangelo's 'Giorno' among Classical Ruins, Flemish School, early 18th century. A young man and a woman among classical ruins admiring the 'Giorno' from the tomb of Guiliano de'Medici by Michelangelo in the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo Sagrestia Nuova, Florence with a maidservant behind, and two children with a flower basket. The background is composed of a ruined triumphal arch with Corinthian columns.
Provenance
Acquired by Ralph Dutton in 1967 (receipt 26 May 1967; 126) bequeathed by Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne (1898–1985)
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Flemish School, publisher Dutch School, publisher