Three Vintage Jigsaws Lucrezia Borgia Reigns st the Vatican FC Cowper 1
Shadows of vintage jigsaws based on a sumptuous painting, 'Lucrezia Borgia reigns in the Vatican in the absence of Pope Alexander VI' by FC Cowper (1908-14). The label says it belongs to the Tate (now Tate Britain).
Top Right: Part of the back of the rear box label for a Burlington Series jigsaw showing the title, produced for the Fine Arts Publishing Co, most probably by Salmon.
Top Left & Centre: Delta 1000pc Lucrezia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, by FC Cowper. An interlocking jigsaw with a conventional cut which was sold in Aug 2015. The colour of the photos are very strange - I've adjusted the one on the right a bit.
Lower Left: Cotswold 1000pc Lucrezia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, by FC Cowper. Fully interlocking jigsaw, 24x19in, sold in a red mock-crocodile leather styled box. It was sold in Oct 2014 by a Canadian BCD member. The cut is conventional and the pale edges disrupt the final image. You can see more of this jigsaw on Jigasaurus, where the edges are less apparent.
Tate Britain: The painting is not currently on display. It was acquired in 1914 as part of the Chantrey Bequest.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cowper-lucretia-borgia-reign...
This is a re-creation of an obscure and scandalous incident from the history of the Popes. In 1501 the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia, took his place at a meeting. Frank Cowper has invented this suggestive moment in which two noblemen part Lucrezia’s dress so that a Francisan friar can kiss her shoe.T he room in the Vatican in which Lucrezia Borgia appeared still exists. It was decorated by the Italian Renaissance artist Pinturrichio. Cowper went there to copy it and painted the faces of the Cardinals from their original portraits.
Three Vintage Jigsaws Lucrezia Borgia Reigns st the Vatican FC Cowper 1
Shadows of vintage jigsaws based on a sumptuous painting, 'Lucrezia Borgia reigns in the Vatican in the absence of Pope Alexander VI' by FC Cowper (1908-14). The label says it belongs to the Tate (now Tate Britain).
Top Right: Part of the back of the rear box label for a Burlington Series jigsaw showing the title, produced for the Fine Arts Publishing Co, most probably by Salmon.
Top Left & Centre: Delta 1000pc Lucrezia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, by FC Cowper. An interlocking jigsaw with a conventional cut which was sold in Aug 2015. The colour of the photos are very strange - I've adjusted the one on the right a bit.
Lower Left: Cotswold 1000pc Lucrezia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, by FC Cowper. Fully interlocking jigsaw, 24x19in, sold in a red mock-crocodile leather styled box. It was sold in Oct 2014 by a Canadian BCD member. The cut is conventional and the pale edges disrupt the final image. You can see more of this jigsaw on Jigasaurus, where the edges are less apparent.
Tate Britain: The painting is not currently on display. It was acquired in 1914 as part of the Chantrey Bequest.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cowper-lucretia-borgia-reign...
This is a re-creation of an obscure and scandalous incident from the history of the Popes. In 1501 the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia, took his place at a meeting. Frank Cowper has invented this suggestive moment in which two noblemen part Lucrezia’s dress so that a Francisan friar can kiss her shoe.T he room in the Vatican in which Lucrezia Borgia appeared still exists. It was decorated by the Italian Renaissance artist Pinturrichio. Cowper went there to copy it and painted the faces of the Cardinals from their original portraits.