Van der Doort c.1639
WS 93, № 10
(Sitting) Venus (blinding) Cupid
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
9in x 0in (22.9cm high)
Frame:
same black ebony wooden pedestal
Provenance:
Widow of Young Heriot [James, the King's Jeweller, died 1634]
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
gift
Location:
Room description extended:
Your Majesty's statues placed round about the Cabinet Room; 36 including 16 of the 18 little statues which came to your majesty by the decease of Prince Henry; the other 2 are in the Chair Room
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 23 and V&A MS, f. 40, no 9 (WS 211)
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Unknown