The Heads of Two Amorini: one smiling, the other crying
after Parmigianino (Parma 1503 – Casalmaggiore 1540)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1600 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
381 x 438 mm (15 x 17 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609070
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Heads of Two Amorini, One Smiling, the Other Crying, after Parmigianino (Parma 1503 – Casalmaggiore 1540), 17th/18th century. Two heads of amorini, the smiling one, male holds the crying cherub, female on right. A copied fragment from Cupid carving his Bow, the whole original of which is now in the Kunsthistorisches, Vienna and another whole copy is at Saltram (NT 872074).
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Taken from the Red Drawing Rm 14-12-16 EVB, chalk F3 (label)
Makers and roles
after Parmigianino (Parma 1503 – Casalmaggiore 1540), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Italian School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534), artist