Lot 408
17TH CENTURY BOLOGNESE SCHOOL
LATONA AND THE FROGS
Auction: Day Two: 20 May 2021 | From 11:00
£2,125
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
51cm x 86.5cm (20in x 34in)
Provenance
Property of a Scottish Borders family
Footnote
Note: Latona was the mother of Diana and Apollo and once when thirsty stopped with her infant children to drink at a lake. She was prevented from doing so by some peasants working on the osier beds. Latona was so angry she turned them into frogs.