Lot Essay
The setting is the Cortile of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, with the fountain topped by Vegrocchio's putto with a dolphin. Such subjects were characteristic of Topham; see lot 47.
Details
Frank William Warwick Topham (1838-1924)
The Morning of the Festival - Central Italy
signed and dated 'Frank W.W. Topham 1876'; oil on canvas
21¾ x 30½in. (55.3 x 77.5cm.)
The Morning of the Festival - Central Italy
signed and dated 'Frank W.W. Topham 1876'; oil on canvas
21¾ x 30½in. (55.3 x 77.5cm.)
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1876, no.314