Venus and Cupid
Exchanged for work by "Balthasar de Cane" believed to be Jan van Eyck, Dresden Triptych, 33 x 14, 33 x 28, 33 x 14, Dresden Gemäldegalerie AM-799-PS01 which is WS 154, no 2
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 59, № 95
Palma Giovane
Naked Venus, sitting by a table, on which is a mirror, white pot and water glass, Cupid at her right shoulder with a bow in his hand
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
5ft 2in x 3ft 11in (157.5 x 119.4cm)
Provenance:
Endymion Porter
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
exchanged
Notes:
exchanged with Endymion Porter for one of the King's Mantua pieces - an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child by Balthasar de Cane with two shutting doors which was placed towards the lower end of the long gallery by the Duke of Lennox's door
Location:
Room description extended:
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 80
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 477, 157 x 117
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51