Lot Essay
The subject is taken from Book VI of the Iliad. Mr. Alastair Laing has kindly pointed out that the architectural staging seems to have been inspired by Poussin's Plague at Ashdod, now in the Louvre.
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The Parting of Hector and Andromache
Details
Francesco Fernandi, called Imperiali (Milan 1679-1740 Rome)
The Parting of Hector and Andromache
with inscription and date 'Pelroc Romae 1779' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57.5/8 x 77½ in. (146.5 x 197 cm.)
The Parting of Hector and Andromache
with inscription and date 'Pelroc Romae 1779' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57.5/8 x 77½ in. (146.5 x 197 cm.)
Provenance
The Rev. W. T. Saward, Holme Pierrepont Rectory, Nottingham, 1926.
Norman Forbes-Robertson, Berkeley House, Hay Hill, London;
Christie's, London, 24 June 1932, lot 96, as 'George Romney - signed and dated 1779. Certified by Mr. W. Roberts and Mr. Algernon Graves'.
Norman Forbes-Robertson, Berkeley House, Hay Hill, London;
Christie's, London, 24 June 1932, lot 96, as 'George Romney - signed and dated 1779. Certified by Mr. W. Roberts and Mr. Algernon Graves'.