Oil on canvas, 72.5cm by 58.5cm.
Signed l.l.: Hyacin G…..
The painting was acquired by Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725-1793) who believed it to be by Nicolas Poussin.
The 1763 Burghley Inventory records, in the 9th Earl’s distinctive hand: ‘the dressing room … Venus & Cupids. By Nic Possen.’
Gimignani was an etcher and fresco painter, working mostly in Rome, where he is said to have worked with Poussin for a while.
