The Vendramin Family (after Titian)
Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1730 - 1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2032 x 2870 mm (80 x 113 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932300
Caption
This is an eighteenth-century copy of Titian’s original, now in the National Gallery, London. The Vendramin family were Venetian patricians, who are here shown before an altar on which a relic of the Holy Cross is displayed. This relic, which survives in the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelistica in Venice, had been given to the family in the fourteenth century and became an object of special devotion to them. This copy is traditionally said to be by Francis Harding, known for his copies and pastiches of Panini.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Vendramin family (after Titian), by Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760). A copy of the original painting now in the National Gallery, London. 'This group portrait shows male members of the Venetian Vendramin family before an altar on which a relic of the Holy Cross is displayed. This relic, which survives in the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, had been given to the family in 14th century and became an object of special devotion to them. The principal figure, who stretches out a hand to indicate his seven sons, is Andrea Vendramin (d.1547). His brother Gabriel Vendramin (d.1552) kneels before the altar.' (National Gallery Catalogue, 1995)
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Makers and roles
Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760), artist after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), artist
References
Baker and Henry, 1995: The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue (compiled by Christopher Baker and Tom Henry), 1995, p.669