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Personifications of Astronomy and Architecture

Andrea Casali (Rome 1705 - Rome 1784)

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

circa 1760 - circa 1765

Materials

oil on canvas

Measurements

2311 x 2464 mm (91 x 97 in)

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Collection

Dyrham, Gloucestershire

NT 453806

Caption

Seated on a cloud, the female figure wearing a gold dress and draped in red is a personification of Astronomy. She has wings at the back of her head and gazes up at the heavens, while measuring a celestial sphere with a pair of dividers. Above her, wearing a gold dress and draped in blue, is a female figure representing Architecture. She presents an architectural drawing of a stately home to the viewer. There are five ceiling paintings by Andrea Casali at Dyrham Park. They were all painted for Alderman William Beckford (1709–1770), for his house, Fonthill Splendens, in Wiltshire, the property represented on the drawing held by the figure of Architecture. They were sold from Fonthill in 1801 and later installed in the ceiling of the Theatre Royal in Bath. Colonel George William Blathwayt (1797–1871) bought them for Dyrham Park in 1845.

Summary

Oil painting on canvas, Personifications of Astronomy and Architecture by Andrea Casali (Rome 1705 - Rome 1784), early 1760s. Two female figures are seated on clouds. The figure to the left wears golden-coloured garments and is draped in red, while her companion on the right wears the same golden-coloured garments but is draped in blue, with a pink sash around her waist. The figure on the left, identified as Astronomy, bears small wings on her head, and marks out a sphere with a pair of dividers, while looking up to the top left. The figure to the right, identified as Architecture, holds a representation of Fonthill Splendens, the house for which the paintings were originally produced.

Provenance

Painted for Alderman William Beckford (1709-1770) for Fonthill Splendens, Wiltshire; Fonthill sale, 1801; ? bought by Paul Methuen of Corsham and presented by him in 1802 to the City of Bath, or possibly bought by William Evill on behalf of Dimond, joint proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Bath; built into the ceiling of the Theatre Royal, Bath; purchased by Colonel Blathwayt for Dyrham Park in 1845; thence by descent; Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961

Credit line

Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)

Makers and roles

Andrea Casali (Rome 1705 - Rome 1784), artist

References

Croft-Murray 1962-1970: Edward Croft-Murray, Decorative Painting in England, 1537 - 1837 (2 vols), 1962-1970, vol.II, p.182

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