JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (Geneva 1767-1849 London)

A grey hunter in a wooded landscape

細節

JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (Geneva 1767-1849 London)
A grey hunter in a wooded landscape
signed with initials 'J.L.A.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76 cm.)

出版

R. Loche and C. Sanger, in the catalogue of the exhibition, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767-1849, catalogue for the exhibition, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, and Tate Gallery, London, 1988-89, p. 90.

展覽

Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Fantasie Equestre, 1982, no. 6, illustrated.

拍品專文

Agasse first met George Pitt, later 2nd Lord Rivers, in Geneva in 1789 and encouraged by him, he moved to England where he stayed with fellow Swiss artist and animal painter, John James Chalon. Lord Rivers was to be Agasse's most important patron and commissioned him to paint a series of animal paintings, including greyhounds and horses, and Agasse worked frequently for him at Stratfield Saye, Hare Park, Rushmore Lodge and Sudeley Castle. The present picture dates from 1806-7 when Agasse produced some of his finest works such as The Stud Farm at Stratfield Saye (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection).