Bacchus Finding Ariadne Deserted on Naxos (after Reni)
Jakob Frey the Elder (1681 - 1752)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1727
Materials
Hand-coloured etching and engraving on paper
Measurements
505 x 1010 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730915
Summary
Hand-coloured etching and engraving, Bacchus Finding Ariadne Deserted on Naxos, Jakob (Jacob) Frey (1681-1752) after Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642), 1727, hand-coloured by Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790) or Hendrik Frans van Lint, Rome, Italy, 1759-1762. Two etched and engraved prints joined and hand-coloured. The original was painted for Queen Henrietta Maria's bedroom at Greenwich, but destroyed in 1650; a contemporary version by Giovanni Andrea Sirani is in the Accademia Di San Luca, Rome; also known from the late-seventeenth century etching by G.B. Bolognini.
Provenance
Commissioned by Henry Hoare II, called 'the Magnificent' (1705-1785). Listed in an undated bill (WSA, 38304.253). Listed in 'The Catalogue or Particulars of the Pictures Prints Statues and other Things' attached to the Stourhead Settlement, 1784, attributed to 'Studio' (see Dodd, 2016) (WSA, 383.715). Thence by descent. Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Jakob Frey the Elder (1681 - 1752), printer Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – Bologna 1642), original artist Hendrik Frans van Lint, colourist Jacob van Lint (1723 - 1790), colourist