Van der Doort c.1639

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A great piece, Madonna, Christ playing with a Cock, in his arms and St Joseph and other saint standing by in a landscape (St Ann kneeling by)

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 49, № 42
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
5ft 8in x 6ft 2in (172.7 x 188cm)
Light: 
light from the [-]
Frame: 
old gilded wooden frame
Provenance: 
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Room description extended: 
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 66 and V&A MS, f. 15, no 4 (WS 205)
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 163, 170 x 170
Interpreting the text: 
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

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