Unidentified
"Painted by Leonardo da Vinci", annotation added by Horace Walpole to the corresponding entry in his copy of George Vertue, Catalogue and Description of King Charles I's Capital Collection.. (1757) in the Surveyor's office, St James's Palace
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 53, № 62
Socrates ridden by his naked wife, another woman looking through the window, almost-life-size full-length figures
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
4ft 4in x 3ft 7in (132.1 x 109.2cm)
Light:
light from the [-]
Frame:
wooden frame
Provenance:
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
bought
Notes:
spoilt by quicksilver
Location:
Room description extended:
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 71
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 77, 135 x 109
Identification certainty:
Unknown
Sale Inventory c.1649-51