The Three Graces holding Cupid in the Clouds
Marco Liberi (1640-1725)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1680 - 1725
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
580 x 670 mm
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266922
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Three Graces holding Cupid in the Clouds by Marco Liberi (1640 - 1725). The Three Graces on clouds, one holding rose sprays and other two seating Cupid on white silk. Gilt frame carved with leaf swags and flower heads with elaborate corners. Label on back 'Colnaghi. Coll: Miss B. Campe-Becker. Compare a signed picture of Jupiter and Mnemosyne in Budapest Cat. No.377'
Provenance
Collection Miss B. Campe-Becker; Christie's, London, 13 July 1951 [Lot 35]; purchased by Colnaghis; by whom sold to Lord and Lady Iliffe, Basildon Park, Berkshire; 31 July, 1952. Purchased by the National Trust for Basildon Park, 1978.
Credit line
Basildon Park, The Iliffe Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Marco Liberi (1640-1725), publisher