Unidentified
Version of the design attributed to Agostino Carracci; a version was in the Orleans collection and another is recorded in the Baroda collection (Millar, 1960)
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 67, № 25
said to be one of the Carracci (or Sir Robert Anstruther)
St Bartholomew, both hands tied to a tree, they are flaying off his skin, a commander on horseback nearby and three other figures, an angel above his head crowning him with a garland
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
(1ft 6in x 1ft 2in) (45.7 x 35.6cm)
Medium:
canvas
Frame:
black frame
Provenance:
(Sir Robert Anstruther, who brought it from Germany)
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
gift
Location:
Room description extended:
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery
Original Manuscript page number:
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 10 and MS Ash 1514, f. 89 and V&A f. 87, no 25
Interpreting the text:
Text in brackets from the V&A MS and MS Ash 1514
Identification certainty:
Version of