Lot 23: Attributed to Battista Angolo del Moro (Verona 1514-1573 Venice) Mars and Venus with Cupid

Attributed to Battista Angolo del Moro
(Verona 1514-1573 Venice)
Mars and Venus with Cupid oil on canvas119.5 x 205.3cm (47 1/16 x 80 13/16in).

Provenance: Palazzo PapafavaSir James Wright, by whom offered to the 3rd Earl of Bute in 1767 as Titian, and sold to Sir James Lowther Bt, later 1st Earl of Lowther (1736-1802)By inheritance to his cousin and heir William, 2nd Viscount of Lowther and subsequently 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation; thence by descent at Lowther Castle until sold 1947Sale, Christie's, London 15 December 1950, lot 119 (as Titian, unsold)Sale, Christie's, London, 11 December 1987, lot 155 (as Property of a lady)With Algranti-Semenzato, Italy, March 1988Private Collection, Italy