Putti and a Cupid towing a Putto on a Cockleshell Boat (after Polidoro da Caravaggio)
Francis Clein [also Cleyn] (Rostock 1582 – London 1658)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1637 - 1639
Materials
Tempera on paper laid down on linen
Measurements
1364 x 4570 mm
Place of origin
England.
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140154
Summary
Tempera painting on paper laid down on linen, Putti and a Cupid towing a Putto on a Cockleshell Boat (after Polidoro da Caravaggio) by Francis Cleyn the elder (Rostock 1582 – London 1658). A group of putto and a cupid tow a cockleshell boat, in which sits a putto and behind the boat is a large fish on which sits a cupid with a trident. Landscape with trees and a bird sitting on a stump in the centre.
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
Francis Clein [also Cleyn] (Rostock 1582 – London 1658), artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio c.1497 - Messina c.1543), artist