Property from the Arizona State University Art Museum Sold to Benefit Acquisitions and Direct Collections Care
AFTER GEORGE ROMNEY
Portrait of Anne, Marchioness Townshend, half-length, in a white gown and white muslin cap
Details
AFTER GEORGE ROMNEY Portrait of Anne, Marchioness Townshend, half-length, in a white gown and white muslin cap oil on canvas 36 x 27 7⁄8 in. (91.8 x 70.8 cm.)
Provenance
Lewis J. Ruskin (1903-1981) and his wife, Lenore Ruskin Heavenrich, née Ginsburg (1920-1993), Scottsdale, by whom gifted in 1980 to Arizona State University Art Museum.
Literature
B. Maclean-Eltham, Romney Paintings in Public Collections, Kendal, 1996, p. 57, as George Romney. A. Kidson, George Romney: A complete catalogue of his paintings, II, New Haven and London, 2015, p. 585, no. 1311c, illustrated.
Exhibited
Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, on loan, circa 1940.
The present painting is a copy after a full-length portrait by George Romney, dated 1793-94, previously with Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York (see A. Kidson, loc. cit.).