A dancing bacchante
attributed to Michelangelo Maestri (d.1812)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
c. 1775 - 1825
Materials
Gouache on paper
Measurements
213 x 232 mm
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872227.4
Summary
Gouache on paper, a dancing bacchante, holding a dish in her hand, one of ten drawings of classical figures, after frescoes at the Villa of Cicero, attributed to or manner of Michelangelo Maestri (1741 - Rome 1812), late 18th - early 19th century. Against a black background and within a gilt moulded frame.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Makers and roles
attributed to Michelangelo Maestri (d.1812), artist previously catalogued as by British (English) School, artist