Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)

The Church of San Simone and San Judi, Venice: The arrival of a train

細節

Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899)
The Church of San Simone and San Judi, Venice: The arrival of a train
signed with monogram (lower left and lower right) and with inscription 'S. Simone i S. Guida Apostoli. (The Arrival of a Train)' (lower centre, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper
8¾ x 11 7/8 in. (22.3 x 30.2 cm.)

來源

Commissioned from the artist by Charles Seeley, M.P. and by descent in the family.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 June 1966, lot 130.
E.A.S. Barnard; Christie's, London, 31 October 1989, lot 158.

展覽

Nottingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Special Loan Exhibition of Pictures of the British School in Oils and Water-colours, 1896, no. 70.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Special Loan Exhibition of Works by Birket Foster, 1925, no. 88.

榮譽呈獻

Brandon Lindberg

查閱狀況報告或聯絡我們查詢更多拍品資料

blindberg@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2435

登入

瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

Between 1871 and 1877 Birket Foster executed fifty watercolours of Venice for Charles Seely, a wealthy corn-merchant and M.P. for Lincoln, in which he captured diverse views of the vibrant and picturesque city. Seely had viewed Birket Foster's work at Agnew's and offered the artist the impresive sum of £5,000, the largest commission Birket Foster ever received. According to J. Reynolds the collection was passed through the family from father to son until it was dispersed soon after 1928 with only two watercolours remaining in the family (see J. Reynolds, Birket Foster, Frome and London, 1984, pp. 16-7).

A large-scale watercolour by Birket Foster of A market day on the Giudecca, Venice was sold in these Rooms, 10 June 1999, lot 32 for £69,700, the world record for a watercolour of Venice by the artist.

For another watercolour from the Seely commission see lot 30.