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Cimon and Iphigenia (copy after Joshua Reynolds)

Richard Westall (1765–1836)

The Wallace Collection

Cimon and Iphigenia

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The subject is taken from the 'Decameron of Boccaccio', 5th day, 1st story. Cymon, of ‘a clownish mien’ was the son of a Cypriot lord who kept him confined to his country estates. While walking in a grove by a stream he discovered the sleeping Iphigenia (shown to him here by Cupid) and instantly fell in love with her. The power of love enabled him to overcome his foolishness and eventually he married her. This picture, traditionally attributed to Westall, is copied from a painting by Reynolds (q.v.), now in the Royal Collection, which was presented to the Prince Regent, later George IV, by Reynolds’s niece in 1814.

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Title

Cimon and Iphigenia

Date

1789–1836

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 21.3 x W 25.8 cm

Accession number

P566

Acquisition method

probably acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, at an unknown date; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Richard Westall

1765–1836

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