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拍品專文
It is probable that this picture is a finished sketch for a painting entitled Andromeda that Frost exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1850, no. 304. The Art Journal recorded of the exhibited work: 'The title is accompanied by an allusive passage from Il Penseroso: -
Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove
To set her beauty's praise above
The sea nymphs, and their powers offended.
Andromeda is chained to the rock, and assembled round her are a Triton and a company of sea nymphs. All the figures are nude, and are painted with that refinement of texture and careful drawing which prevail in the works of the painter - whose female impersonations are conceived so purely in the spirit of the antique, as to offer a remarkable contrast to works in which the ordinary model is all but faithfully represented. It may be observed that the movement of Andromeda is a pose frequently seen in the works of Mr. Frost'.
A watercolour of the same title by Frost, also dated 1850 and presumably a reduced replica of the Academy picture (although it should be noted that the pose of the figure is in reverse from the present work) was sold by Christie's London, 5 June 1984, lot 96 (illustrated).
Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove
To set her beauty's praise above
The sea nymphs, and their powers offended.
Andromeda is chained to the rock, and assembled round her are a Triton and a company of sea nymphs. All the figures are nude, and are painted with that refinement of texture and careful drawing which prevail in the works of the painter - whose female impersonations are conceived so purely in the spirit of the antique, as to offer a remarkable contrast to works in which the ordinary model is all but faithfully represented. It may be observed that the movement of Andromeda is a pose frequently seen in the works of Mr. Frost'.
A watercolour of the same title by Frost, also dated 1850 and presumably a reduced replica of the Academy picture (although it should be noted that the pose of the figure is in reverse from the present work) was sold by Christie's London, 5 June 1984, lot 96 (illustrated).