Psyche obtaining the Jar of Forgetfulness from Pluto in Hades (modello for a mural)
Sir James Thornhill (Woolland 1675 - Stalbridge 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1734
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 838 mm (23 1/2 x 33 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530110
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Psyche obtaining the Jar of Forgetfulness from Pluto in Hades by Sir James Thornhill (Melcombe Regis 1675 - Stalbridge 1734). Pluto the god of the Underworld is seated with numerous attendant figures, viewed from a colonnade. A project or modello for a wall decoration.
Provenance
Purchased by Ralph Stawell Dutton (1898-1985), 8th and last Lord Sherborne, from the Sabin Galleries, London, in 1960 (acknowledged in a receipt of 6 October 1960); bequeathed to the National Trust by Ralph Stawell Dutton, with the rest of the collections, house, gardens and estate of Hinton Ampner.
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir James Thornhill (Woolland 1675 - Stalbridge 1734), artist