Minerva chastising Cupid for disturbing the Arts and Sciences in their Studies
Johann George Böhm the Elder (1673 - Dresden 1746)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1746
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
417 x 556 mm
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207813
Caption
Cupid, the god of love, was often punished for the mischief he caused, most often by those who disapproved of his activities, such as the virgin goddesses, Minerva and Diana. Here Cupid has been disrupting study, which love is known to do. The Arts are here being practised by young pupils, including two girls. One, symbolising Geometry, is taking measurements on a globe, and the other, unusually in this context, is shown working at an embroidery frame. The artist made the first German translation of Leonardo’s ‘Treatise on Painting’ in 1724.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Minerva chastising Cupid for disturbing the Arts and Sciences in their Studies by Johann George Böhm, the Elder (1673 - Dresden 1746), signed bottom right J. G. Bohm/inv.f. The Arts that Cupid has been disturbing are all being practised by young pupils, including two girls, one, symbolising Geometry, taking measurements on a globe, and the other, very unusually in this context, working at an embroidery frame. Bohm made the first German translation of Leonardo's Treatise on Painting (1724). Bought by Capt. Bambridge in 1942.
Provenance
Bought by Captain Bambridge from anon. sale, 25th September 1942; lot 111; bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 - 1976), daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3,000 acres
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: J.G. Bohm/inv.f.
Makers and roles
Johann George Böhm the Elder (1673 - Dresden 1746), artist