Van der Doort c.1639

(old) Bronzino

Hell, Apollo playing his harp before Pluto so as to have his wife Proserpina from Pluto, about 22 figures in the foreground, many more little figures in the distance

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 60, № 99
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
3ft 5in x 5ft 0in (104.1 x 152.4cm)
Frame: 
wooden gilded frame
Provenance: 
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Room description extended: 
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 81 and V&A f. 22, no 7
Interpreting the text: 
Text in brackets comes from the V&A manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Unknown
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

Agnolo Bronzino