© Nostell Priory
Ferdinand Paying Court to Miranda, with Prospero Behind Her, Caliban to the Right, and Ariel Above
Artist: William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Location: Nostell Priory
Date: circa 1703 - 1705
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 102 x 125cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £294,029 (Total: £294,029; tax remission)
Vendor: Through Christie's
Review number: 5119 (2002)
Provenance:
Dorothy Nesbitt, Dowager Countess of Macclesfield; Sir Roland Winn, 5th Bart. and kept at Nostell Priory as part of his collection.
Description:
The work depicts Act I, Scene ii from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', and is the first known painting of any scene from Shakespeare. It is presented as a history painting, with the Baroque effect of Ariel playing a mandolin in the clouds.
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