Venus, Mercury and Cupid
Original in the Third Privy Lodging Room (WS 22, no 13)
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 104, № 8
Peter Oliver after Correggio in the Third Privy Lodging Room no. [-] at Whitehall
Standing Venus, with sitting Mercury teaching Cupid, (Venere Coeleste), dated 1636
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
8in x 5½in (20.3 x 13.8cm)
Light:
light from the left
Hang notes:
8th of 10 limnings in double-shutting cases, under glass and under lock and key
Location:
Room description extended:
4th Book containing all your Majesty's well limned pieces, kept at the moment in cupboards in the newly erected Cabinet Room, Whitehall
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 48 and V&A MS, f. 48, no 8 (WS 214)
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 443, 20 x 15
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51