Time ravishing Beauty
Italian (Neapolitan) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
457 x 483 mm (18 x 19 in)
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530103
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Time ravishing Beauty, Italian (Neopolitan) School, late 18th century. Painted circle. Beauty in the form of a naked young woman, with only one breast visible, is clasped by Time in the form of a winged old man accompanied by three winged cupids. This modello for a ceiling paintings is either a 19th century British imitation of 18th century models, or was damaged in the Hinton Ampner fire, and repainted so as to make it look so.
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, artist