Three Arabesque Canvases from a Ceiling in Venice
manner of Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487 - Rome 1564)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1849
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
451 x 1207 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1254999.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (originally distemper), one of three arabesque canvases from the ceiling of the Palazzo Contarini in Venice (NT1257144). In the manner of Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487 – Rome 1564), the canvases were part of the original ceiling bought by William Bankes in 1849 which had to be reduced to fit into the Spanish room. The three panels are left-overs from this reduction and are now set into the wall under the three windows.
Provenance
Possibly Palazzo Contarini, Venice; bought by William John Bankes, circa 1849 bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487 - Rome 1564) , artist