Painted panel
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
? distemper on painted wooden panel
Measurements
85 x 18 cm
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 130952.2.9
Summary
Flat painted wooden panels forming a frieze in the Cartoon Gallery. Panels are probable replacements for canvas paintings on the south wall, date unknown. South wall bay, right hand panel of the two small corner panels on the right.
Full description
Painted panel on wood. Caryatid on yellow pillar with pink wings under a face with pink circular head-piece, green scrolls and white/pink ears or petals. At the sides, two orange-beaked birds with pink bodies and green wings. To the base of the pillar, in brown, a sad grotesque feline or canine face with gold-topped horns, stood on red clawed feet.
Provenance
Painted frieze probably dates from 1608 - 1627 when Paul Isaakson was working at Knole. Later additions and repairs may have altered the original scheme, with some newer panels being added by Houderoy, working in the Cartoon Gallery in 1723. The flat painted panels are likely to be repairs or replacements for the canvas paintings.