Diana and Actaeon
It is unclear which of the 2 van der Doort references (or the Charles II reference) to Diana and Actaeons (and the picture still in the Royal Collection today that corresponds to one of them) are to be identified with no 7 or 8 in this Sale location
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 42, № 3
Giorgione
Diana and Actaeon, troupe in the foreground some 12 figures where Diana and her nymphs are bathing (Actaeon nearby gazing on them), in the landscape background some 14 little full-length figures
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
3ft 1in x 6ft (94 x 182.9cm)
Light:
Light from the left
Frame:
gilded frame
Provenance:
Endymion Porter
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
bought
Location:
Room description extended:
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 56 and V&A MS f. 7, no 3 (WS 202)
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 471, 94 x 183
Interpreting the text:
Text in brackets comes from V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51