Three Putti and the Rear View of a Female Nude
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
225 mm (H)344 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872939
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); on the right two-third of the sheet three flying putti one with an hammer, the second, right to him playing around with a strange, big round object with a hole and, below them, an older one hurrying quickly to the left, holding the bow or Amour in his hand; on the right side of the sheet; the rear view of a female nude sitting on a cloud, looking over her shoulder to the left.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist