Tablets representing various Humours from a Frieze on the Great Stair of the Palazzo Grimani, Venice, consisting originally of at least Sixteen Heads
Orazio Marinali (1643-1720)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Carrara marble
Measurements
260 x 205 mm (each)
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429132
Summary
Carrara marble tablet carved in low relief with female head in profile, facing dexter, hair tied at the back. Venice, c.1700. In mahogany frame. Part of set of five Carrara marble tablets by Orazio Marinali (1643-1720) and one framed document (see NT/HUG/SC/60a-f). The tablets represent various humours. They are from a frieze on the great stair of the Palazzo Grimani, Venice (consisting originally of at least sixteen heads).
Provenance
Presented to Mrs Disraeli by Sir Philip Rose, Bt., with other sculpture from the same collection (NT/HUG/SC/55a,b). See Hughenden MSS R/I/D/6 and NT/HUG/SC/60F. NT/HUG/SC/12 also by Marinali. Disraeli Sale 1881; Park Place, Remenham (1918 inventory); sold Mallams, Oxford, 4.10.1989, bt. Agnew; purchased by National Trust from Agnew, 1994, £18,500 with a grant of £5,000 from the National Art Collections Fund.
Makers and roles
Orazio Marinali (1643-1720), sculptor