Plato with his Pupils
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 - Rome 1796)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1768 - 1770
Materials
Oil on paper laid onto plaster
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872169.1
Summary
Oil painting on paper laid onto plaster, Plato with his Pupils by Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796), 1768-70. One of a set of four decorative ceiling paintings by Antonio Zucchi, of segmental shape.
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