Lot Essay
This composition is based on a prototype by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., of which there are versions at Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 1987.47.2).
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PROPERTY OF THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
Attributed to John Hoppner, R.A.(London 1758-1810)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length
Details
Attributed to John Hoppner, R.A.(London 1758-1810)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length
oil on canvas
45 7/8 x 35 5/8 in. (155 x 90 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length
oil on canvas
45 7/8 x 35 5/8 in. (155 x 90 cm.)
Provenance
Sutherland House.
with Forbes-Robertson, London.
with F. Kleinberger, Paris.
with Robert C. Vose, Boston, 1923.
Arthur J. Secor, by whom gifted in 1923/1924 to the Toledo Museum of Art.
with Forbes-Robertson, London.
with F. Kleinberger, Paris.
with Robert C. Vose, Boston, 1923.
Arthur J. Secor, by whom gifted in 1923/1924 to the Toledo Museum of Art.
Literature
W. Roberts, Sir Joshua Reynolds' Portraits of the Hon. Mrs. Watson, 1913, as Joshua Reynolds.
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XXVII, no. 4, April-May 1933, p. 65, as Joshua Reynolds.
Connoisseur, XCI, May 1933, p. 346, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 65, June 1933, repr.
Art Digest, XXI, 1 August 1933, as Joshua Reynolds.
B.M. Godwin, Catalogue of European Paintings, Toledo, 1939, pp. 286-287, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 95A, September 1941, [n.p.], as Joshua Reynolds.
The age of enlightenment: proceedings of the Humanities Institute, Toledo, 1948, p. 17, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 388, as 'British, Anonymous'.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, a complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven & London, 2000, no. 1841a, p. 464, as 'A nineteenth-century copy [after Joshua Reynolds], somewhat in the style of Hoppner'.
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XXVII, no. 4, April-May 1933, p. 65, as Joshua Reynolds.
Connoisseur, XCI, May 1933, p. 346, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 65, June 1933, repr.
Art Digest, XXI, 1 August 1933, as Joshua Reynolds.
B.M. Godwin, Catalogue of European Paintings, Toledo, 1939, pp. 286-287, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 95A, September 1941, [n.p.], as Joshua Reynolds.
The age of enlightenment: proceedings of the Humanities Institute, Toledo, 1948, p. 17, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 388, as 'British, Anonymous'.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, a complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven & London, 2000, no. 1841a, p. 464, as 'A nineteenth-century copy [after Joshua Reynolds], somewhat in the style of Hoppner'.
Exhibited
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, A century of progress exhibition of paintings and sculpture, 1 June-1 November 1933, no. 203, as Joshua Reynolds.
Toledo Museum of Art, Portraits and Portraiture Throughout the Ages, 3-31 October 1937, no. 19, as Joshua Reynolds.
Providence, RI, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Old and New England, 19 January-18 February 1945, no. 93, as Joshua Reynolds.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Exhibition of eighteenth-century art, Feburary-March 1948, p. 17.
Toledo Museum of Art, Portraits and Portraiture Throughout the Ages, 3-31 October 1937, no. 19, as Joshua Reynolds.
Providence, RI, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Old and New England, 19 January-18 February 1945, no. 93, as Joshua Reynolds.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Exhibition of eighteenth-century art, Feburary-March 1948, p. 17.
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