[A gathering at the Casa Manetti, Florence] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [A gathering at the Casa Manetti, Florence] [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Gathering at Sir Horace Mann's house
- Creator
- Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist
- Published / Created
- [not after 1782]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
A caricature conversation depicting fourteen men gathered in a large room with a tessellated marble floor. At the left an Abbé, possibly Anton Maria Bisconi, is seated on a pile of folio volumes of the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca. He holds a copy of Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno, a burlesque poem by various authors much in fashion at the time. Horace Mann is seated in a large ceremonial chair ornamented with the English Crown supported by the Lion and Unicorn. At the center of the composition, Lord Cowper sits with his back to the table of men gathered around Mann. Cowper converses with a man who may be the Earl of Moray. Six caricature portraits hang on the left and back walls of the room. The largest is a portrait of the artist Patch as a satyr. According to Watson, the chair and the servant’s livery suggest that the scene may be Mann’s house
- Description
-
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Some identifications based on drawings published by Watson: F.J.B. Watson, “Thomas Patch (1725-1782): Notes on his Life Together with a Catalogue of his Known Works,“ Walpole Society, 1939-1940. XXVII, pp. 15-50. - Provenance
- Purchased from Robert Hall McCormick, of Chicago. William Randolph Hearst. With Parish Watson & Co., New York, from whom acquired by W. S. Lewis, in May 1939, for $700.
- Extent
- 1 painting : 39.75 x 63 in., framed to 43.5 x 66.75 in.
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 125 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 2A
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Oil paintings (visual works)
- Material
- oil on canvas ;
- Resource Type
- still image
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Thomas Patch. A Gathering at the Casa Manetti, Florence. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12440660
- Object ID (OID)
- 16721021