Playing Boys
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1930 - 1939
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
394 x 1156 mm (15 1/2 x 45 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140021
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Playing Boys, after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543). Illusionary image of three boys playing with palm fronds, a woman holds the head of a fourth child, while she sits on the ground and watches.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Makers and roles
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543), artist