Psyche received into Olympus
This painting has presumably been cut down.
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 42, № 2
Polidoro
Poetical Gods (Marriage of Cupid and Psyche in the clouds), 19 little full-length figures
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
3ft 10in x 5ft 3in (116.8 x 160cm)
Medium:
7th of the pieces in fresco [watercolours - see MS. Ash 1514, f. 194], on panel
Light:
light from the left
Provenance:
9th of the 23 Italian collection pictures your majesty bought from William Frizell
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)
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51