Circle of Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

Saint Bavo about to receive the Monastic Habit at Ghent

Details

Circle of Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)
Saint Bavo about to receive the Monastic Habit at Ghent
oil on panel
10¼ x 16in. (26 x 40.7cm.)

Provenance

From the collection of P.M. Turner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 20 November 1968, lot 55 (sold £320).
The City Gallery, London, 1971.

Literature

The Hon. A. Shirley, Bonington, London, 1940, p. 62, pl. 62.

Lot Essay

The present picture, which has previously been attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington, is a sketch after the Rubens triptych of S. Bavo about to receive the Monastic Habit at Ghent in the National Gallery, London (no. 57).

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