Venus and Cupid
We record here only those items from the '23 Italian Collection pieces your Majesty bought from Frizell in 1637' not recorded elsehwhere in the van der Doort inventory, in order to avoid duplication. The list contains 23 items in total (see Walpole Society for complete list)
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 183, № 23
Bronzino
(great) Naked lying Venus wrestling with Cupid for his bow, two pigeons nearby
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Provenance:
William Frizell
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
Bought
Room description extended:
your Majesty at the time set down the number of each piece, these are now dispersed in the following places
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51