A school for girls

Details

Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689/91-1760 London)
A school for girls
oil on canvas
36 x 42 7/8 in. (91.4 x 109 cm.)

Provenance

Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.H., 7th of Megginch, and by descent to
The Hon. Mrs. Agnew-Somerville; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1984, lot 268, where acquired by
Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesman (inv. no. A-53); Christie's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 581.

Literature

J. Ingamells and R. Raines, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier', The Walpole Society, XLVI, 1978, no. 262, pl. 5a.

Engraved

J. Faber II, 1739.

Lot Essay

The pendant to this picture, A school for boys, was also engraved by Faber in 1739 and sold at Christie's, London, 11 July 1997, lot 9. It is dated 1734 and measured 40 x 50 in.; the present work was probably originally of the same dimensions (Ingamells and Raines, loc. cit.). Another, larger, signed version of this composition was sold at Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2012, lot 382.

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