An Allegory of Britannia Triumphant
Giustino Cavalli (fl.1798)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1798 (dated on reverse of frame) - circa 1815
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 991 mm (48 x 39 in)
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530131
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Allegory of Britannia Triumphant by ? Giustino Cavalli, written on label on reverse: Giustino Cavalli Italiano di Christi pinse nel 1798. An allegory, Britannia surrounded by figures of the Arts and groups symbolic of the Empire, with Fame flying overhead and ships of many nations in a harbour beyond. An elephant in the left foreground. A girl on the right holds a book inscribed 'BIRON' (aged 10)
Provenance
Bequeathed by Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne (1898–1985)
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Giustino Cavalli (fl.1798) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Maltese School, artist