Detail of the frame for Tintoretto's The Muses

Frames in the Royal Collection

A guide to the history of frames in the Royal Collection

BRITISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Frame for RCIN 404391, Zuccarelli, Landscape with a Temple and Cascade, Figures and Cattle

RCIN 7404391

Carlo Maratta frames were also extended to give a similar, grander, appearance, though here the extension was from the original knull rather than the back edge.

The altered height is the same but with less added material, though it is arguably a more invasive alteration.


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