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Three dancing nymphs and a reclining cupid in a landscape

Attributed to Antonio Zucchi Italian
ca. 1772
Not on view
Originally set in the center of the drawing room ceiling of No. 4 Adelphi Terrace, London, the house of the architects Robert and James Adam, and surrounded by fourteen other painted medallions. The artist Antonio Zucchi was made an Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1770 and was Robert Adam's principal decorative painter.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Three dancing nymphs and a reclining cupid in a landscape
  • Artist: Attributed to Antonio Zucchi (Italian, Venice 1726–1796 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1772
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Oil on paper, attached to a plaster ceiling roundel
  • Dimensions: Diameter (without plaster frame): 41 3/4 in. (106 cm);
    Diameter (with plaster frame): 54 in. (137.2 cm);
    Depth: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings-Decorative
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.315
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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