West Wycombe Park: interior decorations: design for an interior, wall with Cupid chimneypiece
Giovanni Bagutti, c.1740–55
Giovanni Bagutti, West Wycombe Park: interior decorations: design for an interior, wall with Cupid chimneypiece
Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- West Wycombe
- Title(s)
- West Wycombe Park: interior decorations: design for an interior, wall with Cupid chimneypiece
- Date
- c.1740–55
- Location
- Unframed, drawings chest outside Library, location 240 on Dashwood list, AP 140, Witt 941/11(43)
- Medium and support
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 29.8 cm, Overall width: 46.8 cm
- Artist
- Giovanni Bagutti (1681-after 1730)
- Catalogue Number
- WW37
- Inscription
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- Scale in pencil to 30 feet
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Description
Bagutti worked for John Fane, the uncle and guardian of Francis Dashwood, at his Mereworth house; the drawings are here attributed to him on stylistic grounds. The walls in this and other drawings are articulated on two levels with projecting cornice above Ionic pilasters, decorated with busts, swags and urns. The Rococo-style chimney-surround is topped with a spread-eagle motif.
Figure 1.
Giovanni Bagutti, Mereworth Castle, Hall, stucco decoration added in late 1720s. Photograph, 1920.
Digital image courtesy of Alfred E. Henson / Country Life Picture Library. (All rights reserved)