Allegorical scenes
Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1701 - West Wycombe, Bucks. 1761)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1755
Materials
Lime plaster, Pigment
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West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire
NT 807701.1
Summary
Wall painting, south wall first flight from ground level. Wall divided in two vertical sections, divisions separated by borders and terms. The first section, above painted dado level shows a scene of 'Isaac and Rebecca spied upon by Abimelech'. (Gen: 26:1-11) after Raphael's Vatican Loggia. Below the dado is scrolling rinceau decoration. The scene is separated from the second vertical section by a term figure. This section shows a male figure, standing in a niche, carrying the marotte, the symbol of the fool. Above the niche is (south) wind.
Makers and roles
Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1701 - West Wycombe, Bucks. 1761), artist