Frame
Category
Frames
Date
Unknown
Materials
A carved water gilded frame with a repeat running bead sight edge and ten stylised star and scroll motifs in symmetry. A ribbon and sitick moulding follows the stylised fluting.
Measurements
157 x 205 cm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939913
Summary
Picture frame, gilt oval frame, for oil painting on canvas (oval), An Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino (Cento 1591 – Bologna 1666), circa 1624-26. Original frame with heraldic eight-pointed stars referring to Tiberio Lancellotti -cf. ceiling of ceilking paintrd by Guercino at Palazzo Lancellotti, Rome.