Cephalus and Procris, whom he has inadvertently mortally wounded, with Cupid Weeping
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 - Rome 1796)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1768 - 1770
Materials
Oil on paper laid onto plaster
Measurements
705 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872166.3
Summary
Oil painting on paper laid onto plaster (circular), Cephalus and Procris, whom he has inadvertently mortally wounded, with Cupid Weeping by Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796), 1768-70. One of a series of five decorative medallions painted on the ceiling and cornices. This set is framed in the plaster work of Robert Adam's ceiling.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death-duties from the executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951) and transferred to the National Trust in 1957
Makers and roles
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 - Rome 1796), artist Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer