Archibald Hope the Elder 17th Century the story of which is

the story of which is recounted in many sources including Ovid's "Metamorphoses" V

The influence of De Loutherbourg in terms of landscape and of Reynolds for the figures is apparent from the comparison with the paintings on each side

was probably painted in the 1820s

Catalogued since 1880 as Italian School

it seems unprovable

Archibald Hope the Elder 17th Century the story of which isThe original canvas is oval and has been made up to a rectangle. Archibald Hope (1664 1743), of the Hopes of Hopetoun, was a Scottish merchant who was born and lived in Rotterdam. His sons set up the Hope Bank in Amsterdam. The art collector and theorist Thomas Hope of Deepdene was his grandson.