A View of, possibly, Ariccia with Horsemen
possibly François Simonot, called Monsù Francesco Borgognone (1660 - 1731)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1680 - 1731
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
337 x 429 mm (13 1/4 x 16 7/8 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732162
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A View of, possibly, Ariccia with Horsemen, possibly François Simonot, called Monsù Francesco Borgognone (1660 - 1731). Inscribed in bold black letters on back of canvas: Par Bourguignon. Figures and a horseman are on a path in the foreground and buildings including a church with a cupola, possibly Santa Maria dell' Assunzione, Ariccia, south east of Rome, near Lake Albano and lake Nemi, can be seen behind.
Provenance
Possibly acquired in 1750 - a letter from Henry Hoare (1730 - 1752), son of Henry Hoare (1705-1785) of Stourhead, to his father, dated 25 December 1750 from Aix, mentions a Claude which he did not consider in a good enough state of preservation to buy. He goes on to say that a Borgognone was "the only one I thought worth anything". There is a possibility that he bought it and that this is the painting in question; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed in bold black letters on back of canvas: Par Bourguignon Verso: Inscribed in pencil on back of frame No.2 left Handside of Large Picture on End Wall Verso: Inscribed in red: LH under 78
Makers and roles
possibly François Simonot, called Monsù Francesco Borgognone (1660 - 1731) , artist previously catalogued as manner of Jacques Courtois (Saint-Hippolyte 1621 - Rome 1676) , artist previously catalogued as by Italian School, artist