Cupid and Putti playing Croquet and other Games
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1637 - 1677
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
260 x 1590 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140054
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Cupid and Putti playing Croquet and other Games after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543). Eight Cupid and Putti playing croquet and other games within a landscape.
Provenance
In 1677 inventory and thence by descent until 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
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543), artist