HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834)

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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834)
The Betrayal of Christ: Christ, in red and blue robes, embraced by Judas, in green and gold robes, being led away by soldiers in armour, one carrying a torch
signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'London, July 1812 Painted for the R^t Hon^b^l^e the Earl of Darnley by Henry Bone R.A. Enamel painter in Ordinary to His Majesty and Enamel painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent after the Original by Guido in the Collection of his Lordship'
enamel on copper
rectangular, 8 x 6 in. (200 x 150 mm.), gilt-wood frame

Provenance

John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831).
Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1974, lot 17.

Literature

R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings', The Walpole Society, LXI, 1999, p. 357, no. 655.

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the counter-enamel suggests that the present miniature derives from a work by Guido Reni, possibly the one listed in the 1664 inventory of the collection of Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna and described as 'Christ who is kissed by Judas, and a soldier, a work by Guido Reni' (see E. Safarik, The Colonna Collection of Paintings, Munich, 1996, p. 97, no. 159). The picture features again in the later inventory of 1679 as 'The Kiss of Judas' but it is attributed to an anonymous artist. According to Bone's inscription, the picture was in the collection of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831) in 1812.

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