Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DEANE F. JOHNSON, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE JOHNSON CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST AND THE DEANE F. JOHNSON ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)

Portrait of Elizabeth Wells, later Lady Dyke, three-quarter-length, seated in a grey dress, holding a book

細節

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)
Portrait of Elizabeth Wells, later Lady Dyke, three-quarter-length, seated in a grey dress, holding a book
signed with initals, inscribed and dated 'Sketch by E.L. R.A./Redleaf 1831' (upper right)
oil on board
14¼ x 10¼ in. (36.2 x 26 cm.)

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 July 1978, lot 52 (sold £8,000). with Roy Miles, London.

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拍品專文

Elizabeth Dyke, née Wells, was the daughter of John Wells of Bickley, Kent, a cousin of William Wells of Redleaf, Kent. A shipbuilder and prolific collector of art, William Wells was one of Landseer's most important patrons, and owned some of the artist's finest paintings including The Sanctuary, now in the Royal Collection. His house at Redleaf became a significant meeting place for contemporary artists, and was a second home to Landseer. William Wells's nephew 'Billy' Wells's sale at Christie's on 12 May 1890 included thirty-two oil paintings (including sketches) by the artist. The sitter married Sir Percyvall Hart Dyke, 6th Bt. in 1835, and died in 1888. Another portrait of Elizabeth Wells by Landseer, an unfinished sketch, was included in the 1978 Christie's sale as lot 51.