Charity (after Schedoni)
after Bartolomeo Schedoni (Formigine 1578 – Parma 1615)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1611 - 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2200 x 1550 x 100 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726596
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Charity (after Schedoni) after Bartolomeo Schedoni (Formigine 1578 – Parma 1615), possibly Antonio Cavallucci (Sermoneta 1752 – Rome 1795). A copy of the picture at the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples after Bartolomeo Schedoni (Formigine 1578 – Parma 1615). A female figure with a white turban, standing on the right, hands out bread to a young boy in ragged clothes and bare feet. Next to him on the left is a taller blind boy, holding a white stick with closed eyes. A written letter is attached to a board on the upper left. A smaller young child stands in front of the woman on the right looking outwards.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838) and thence by descent; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Bartolomeo Schedoni (Formigine 1578 – Parma 1615), artist possibly Antonio Cavallucci (Sermoneta 1752 - Rome 1795), artist