Abraham and the Three Angels
Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1701 - West Wycombe, Bucks. 1761)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1755
Materials
Lime plaster, Pigment
Order this imageCollection
West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire
NT 807701.3
Summary
Wall painting, North Wall, first floor level. Wall divided in two registers. Below dado level is a panel of painted scrolling rinceau. Above this is a scene, within a painted frame flanked either side by term figures showing ‘Abraham and the Three Angels’ (Gen. 18: 1 – 19). Based on Raphael’s painting in the Vatican loggia. These were reproduced in a series of engravings.
Makers and roles
Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis (1701 - West Wycombe, Bucks. 1761), artist