Portrait of a girl, full-length, in an extensive landscape

Details

John Berridge (Lincolnshire 1740-after 1804 ?)
Portrait of a girl, full-length, in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
34 7/8 x 27 ¼ in. (88.6 x 69.3 cm.)

Provenance

with James A. Lewis & Sons, New York, where acquired in December 1946 by Peggy and David Rockefeller, Four Winds, Livingston, New York.

Literature

M. Potter et al, The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, pp. 42-43 and 91, no. 9 (illustrated in black-and-white, p. 91), as signed and dated on the back of the canvas 'I Berridge / Nov. 18. 1779.'

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Lot Essay

In or around 1756 John Berridge became a pupil and assistant in the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The frontal pose of this charming portrait likely draws inspiration from the sympathetic portraits of children that Reynolds painted in the period.

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