Van der Doort c.1639
WS 157, № 2
Antonio Correggio
2nd, Unknown Story, one sitting figure with signs of Prudence, Obedience, Fortitude and Justice; another figure sitting in the manner of the Goddess of War with red broken staff of a lance, with a monster of wolf's head and dragon's tail under her feat...
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
(4ft 11 x 2ft 9) (149.9 x 83.8)
Medium:
watercolour
Frame:
all-over gilded frame
Provenance:
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
bought
Notes:
....[title continued] third an Egyptian measuring with compasses on a globe signifying astronomy, with a standing naked child by to be taught the sciences, 8 figures in all, 4 little full-length figures in landscape and 4 angels in the clouds. Companion piece to no 1
Hang notes:
Wooden case, in the Cabinet Room;
Location:
Room description extended:
Pictures and other things in store in several places and as yet unplaced
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 122 and MS Ash, 1514, f. 155
Interpreting the text:
Text in brackets from the Ashmolean MS.
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51