Albert Goodwin (British, 1845-1932)

A Baptism of Flowers

细节
Albert Goodwin (British, 1845-1932)
A Baptism of Flowers
signed and dated 'Albert Goodwin /77' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36½ x 55¾ in. (92.7 x 141.6 cm.)
来源
Humphrey Roberts; sale, Christie's, 21 May 1908, lot 9.
出版
Art Journal, 1877, p.269.
Athenaeum, no. 2584, 5 May 1877, p.582.
展览
London, Royal Academy, 1877, no.509.

拍品专文

The Art Journal (op. cit.) described the present work as a 'closely studied bit of nature', showing 'a merry group of children playing in a field of wild flowers, while, by way of contrast, a poor old woman in the foreground drags wearily behind her for firewood a great withered tree-branch'.

F.G. Stephens in the Athenaeum (op. cit.) was also complimentary, declaring himself 'charmed' by such a 'capital and tasteful work'.