Two Boys as Naked Putti Hunting
possibly British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1372 x 2007 mm (54 x 79 in)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129293
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Two Boys as Naked Putti Hunting by British (English) School or British (Irish) School, 17th century. Two full-length naked boys, left, both striding to right, the first - centre - with outstretched arms, a bow in his left hand and a sash tied across his chest from his right shoulder and across his waist serving to hold a quiver of arrows at his left hip, he is following by the second boy holding, in his left hand, a couple of leads attached to two dogs and in his right a flute. He is also dressed in a sash which crosses his chest from his left shoulder and a short flowing drape. Both wear 'classical' sandals. There are two further dogs on the right. In a landscape with ruins and a waterfall to right.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly British (English) School, artist possibly British (Irish) School, artist