Cupid preparing his Bow to strike Pluto (after Van Dyck)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1674 - 1675
Materials
Oil paint, canvas and wood
Measurements
144 x 107 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553471
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on canvas, Cupid preparing his Bow to strike Pluto (after Van Dyck), English School, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), c1674/75. A full length view of fair-haired cupid standing on a sea shore with shells at his feet on the beach whilst he plucks his arrow, looking skywards. The moment depicted is prior to Pluto falling in love with Proserpina who he later abducts to the underworld. It is after the original painting that was in the in the Thyssen-Bentinck collection.
Provenance
In situ above fireplace. Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Credit line
Tredegar House, The Morgan Collection (on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museums and Galleries)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist after Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist