Hector and Andromache
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 - Rome 1796)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1773
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1010 x 860 mm
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960077.4
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hector and Andromache, previously called Angelica and Medoro: Angelica approaches Medoro by an embattled Tower, by Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 – Rome 1796), 1773. Classical scene with architectural background, a nurse with their baby son Astyanax on one side to the left rear, the couple in the centre, Hector, son of Priam, King of Troy is wearing a plumed helmet, saying farewell at the gates of Troy. One of a set of six over-door paintings by Antonio Zucchi.
Provenance
Commissioned from Antonio Zucchi by Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Bt (1739-1785); sent to Nostell Priory circa 1773; thence by descent; accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1986.
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (transferred to the National Trust in lieu of tax in 1953)
Makers and roles
Antonio Zucchi, RA (Venice 1726 - Rome 1796), artist Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , framemaker previously catalogued as attributed to Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist
References
Sands 2011: Frances Sands, 'The Art of Collaboration: Antonio Zucchi at Nostell Priory', The Georgian Group Journal, vol.XIX, 2011, pp.106-119