Two Cupids sprinkling Flowers
Antonio Verrio (Lecce c.1639 – Hampton Court Palace 1707)
Category
Art / Wall paintings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oil on plaster
Place of origin
England
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140164.1
Summary
Oil painting on plaster, Two Cupids sprinkling Flowers by Antonio Verrio (Lecce c.1639 – Hampton Court Palace 1707). Two flying cupids sprinkling flowers in a cloudy sky. Inset ceiling paintings.
Provenance
In 1911 caatlogue 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
Antonio Verrio (Lecce c.1639 – Hampton Court Palace 1707), artist