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A large vase of lilies, peonies and other flowers form the background to this oil painted on a single wood panel mounted in a simple white frame. It portrays three putti (chubby, wingless, naked male infants), the right one sitting on a stone step blowing bubbles through a long straw held in his right hand. Leaning slightly back, his left elbow supports him on the next step up, while his hand holds a bowl of soap suds. Standing, facing him on the same level, his companion on his extreme left extends his right hand to catch the bubble. The third putti stands one step higher, gently clutching at the colourful blooms. Described as of the 'Continental School’, the painting bears much similarity to the painting 'Putti Blowing Bubbles' by the French artist, François Boucher (1703–1770).
In an interview, Lady Bullough recalled this painting as originating from the sale of the contents of the seventeenth-century Wandsworth Manor House, St John’s Hill, London, in the 1890s.
Kinloch Castle, Rum (NatureScot)
Isle of Rum
Title
Vase of Flowers with Three Putti
Date
19th C
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 195 x W 114 cm
Accession number
4717
Acquisition method
purchased as part of the Bullough Estate, 1957
Work type
Painting