An Incident in the Story of the Vestal Claudia
Bartolomeo Montagna
- Art Funded
- 1946
- Dimensions
- 29 x 28 cm
- Bequeathed by
- Gaspard Farrer through The Art Fund
A small circular panel from a cassone.
A companion to the 'Marriage of Antiochus and Stratonice' which is also included in the bequest. One of six paintings bequeathed by Gaspard Farrer which previously belonged to his father Sir William Farrer, one of the best-known collectors of Italian pictures in the late nineteenth century. The 6 works were part of a larger bequest which included pictures, prints, Oriental ceramics and silver plate.
Provenance
From the Bonomi-Cereda Collection. Milan. The 'Farrer Bequest'.