Five Cupids with Symbols of Air and Water
school of Paolo Veronese (Verona 1528 -Venice 1588)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Oil on canvas
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257144.2
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (for a ceiling), Five Cupids with Symbols of Air and Water, School of Paolo Veronese (1528-1588), circa 1600. The symbols include a seagull and a fishing net.
Provenance
bought by William John Bankes (1786-1855) in 1838-39 from Town & Emanuel, New Bond Street, London, as a supposed element from the Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni, Venice; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacey, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
school of Paolo Veronese (Verona 1528 -Venice 1588), artist Italian (Venetian) School , artist possibly Alessandro Varotari, called Il Padovanino (Padua 1588 - Venice 1649), artist