An Arcadian landscape with Mercury and Argus

Details

Roman School, 17th Century
An Arcadian landscape with Mercury and Argus
oil on canvas
56 x 77¾ in. (142.3 x 197.5 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) 'A large landscape and figures' by Dughet, acquired from M. de Piles in Paris, 1742, for John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, and by descent at Woburn, until sold by Trustees of the Bedford Estates.

Literature

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 465, as Gaspard Dughet.
Idem, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, p. 332, in the Queen's Sitting Room at Woburn, 'The composition in his most elevated style'.
Catalogue of Pictures, Miniatures, drawings and Busts at Woburn Abbey, London, 1868, no. cccxxxix, p. 116.

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Lot Essay

For the 4th Duke of Bedford's purchase of large pictures for all the state rooms of Woburn, which was reconstructed for him by Henry Flitcroft, see F. Russell, 'The Pictures of John, Fourth Duke of Bedford', Apollo, June 1988, pp. 401-6.

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