A sleeping dog

細節

Attributed to Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)
A sleeping dog
oil on canvas
10½ x 12½ in. (26.8 x 31.9 cm.)

來源

with P. & D. Conalghi & Co., Ltd., London.
Possibly the artist's studio sale; Christie's, 8-15 May 1874, lot 207 as 'Dog lying down'.

展覽

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, lent by Mrs John Wintersteen, 1963.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

The present picture appears to be a very early work by the artist, painted circa 1818 when Landseer was only 15 or 16 years old. As a boy, Landseer was fond of drawing animals and entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 14. Encouraged by Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), Landseer studied dissection and anatomy to perfect his knowledge of animals.

Mrs Bunny Wintersteen was the sister of Sir Henry McIlhenny of Philadelphia, who had a large house and estate in Ireland which he filled with works by Landseer.