Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
circle of Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1003 mm (49 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151360
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity), circle of Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734), circa 1700. Pero is seen seated, unclothed but shackled at the wrists, on the left, and a female figure is offering her right breast to him. No original by Ricci is known.
Provenance
In the late James Hutton's house in Park Lane, sale 27-28 July 1770 as; 'Roman Charity', by Penigrens (?)[garbling of Pelligrini ?]; undated early 19th century Erddig inv. as; 'Roman Charity' and thence by descent; given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
circle of Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659 – Venice 1734), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Italian (Venetian) School , artist
References
Hutton 1770 Inventory of the late James Hutton's house in Park Lane, 27-28 July 1770 , "Roman Charity, by Penigrens [?] [= Pellegrini?] Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "Roman Charity".