Philip Hermogenes Calderon, R.A. (1833-1898)

Lady Betty

细节

Philip Hermogenes Calderon, R.A. (1833-1898)
Lady Betty
signed with monogram and dated '1890' (lower right)
oil on canvas
44¼ x 34 in. (112.5 x 86.3 cm.)

来源

T. H. Ismay; (+) Christie's, 19 July 1930 (50 gns. to Agnew's).

出版

Royal Academy Pictures, 1890, Part 1, p. 16, illustrated.
Henry Blackburn (ed.), Royal Academy Notes, 1890, p. 74 illustrated.
Athenaeum, no. 3262, 3 May 1890, p. 573.
The Times, 16 May 1890, p. 13.

展览

London, Royal Academy, 1890, no. 444.

拍品专文

The Athenaeum (op.cit.) noted of the present picture: 'Lady Betty is a work of a class the artist has previously done well in: a three-quarters, life size figure of a handsome Lady seated in a chair and turned a little sideways. The features are lifelike and their expression of vivacity is spiritedly rendered. The face is turned toward the front abstractedly, and with a serene and missing air as if her attention had been called away from her surroundings. This is happily expressed; it does not appear often in art. Her dress of red is trimmed with brown fur. The handling of the picture is clear and firm, and the whole work is agreeable'.

The Times (op. cit.) also thought the picture 'charming and dextrously painted'.