Current knowledge
Royal Collection 405713
After Alessandro Allori
Venus and Cupid
Current measurements:
154.8cm x 221.8cm
We record here only those items from the '23 Italian Collection pieces your Majesty bought from Frizell in 1637' not recorded elsehwhere in the van der Doort inventory, in order to avoid duplication. The list contains 23 items in total (see Walpole Society for complete list)
Van der Doort 1639
Bronzino
(great) Naked lying Venus wrestling with Cupid for his bow, two pigeons nearby
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):