An Urn with a Garland of Flowers
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1499 mm (49 x 39)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732247
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Urn with a Garland of Flowers by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 - London 1699). A large bronze covered urn standing on a marble pedestal, decorated with a garland of flowers and fruit in front of a wall.
Provenance
Brought from Wavendon by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare 6th Bt (1865 - 1947) and Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d. 1847) between 1894 and 1898.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 ink: Sir H.Hoare Verso: Labels of frame maker [early mid 19th century]: Bo.[...], Frame Maker and Glass Grinder, near the New Exchange Buildings, Strand. Verso: Label of stretcher maker and liner [c.1900]: Chapman Bros, Chelsea.
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – London 1699)
References
Paviere 1966 S.H.Paviere, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1966 , no.373