Study of a classical urn in a stone niche

Details

Attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A. (1734-1797)
Study of a classical urn in a stone niche
oil on canvas laid down on board
15½ x 8 in. (39.4 x 20.3 cm.)

Provenance

William Bemrose, Derby, by 1883.

Exhibited

Derby Corporation Art Gallery, Joseph Wright Collection, 1883, no. 136, 'Sketch in oil, a vase', lent by William Bemrose.

Special notice

Christie's Interest in Property Consigned for Auction. From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such lot.

Lot Essay

Although this picture has no known link to a finished painting by the artist, it dates to the 1760s and may be an unused study for a picture containing a classical urn such as Two Girls and a Negro Servant (c. 1769-70, private collection) or Miravan opening the tomb of his ancestors (1772, Derby Museum and Art Gallery).

William Bemrose was a great collector of Wright's pictures and wrote an important monograph on the artist in 1885, The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called 'Wright of Derby'.

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