William Hodges (London 1744-1797 Brixham, Devon)

A sea cave interior with figures and boats

Details

William Hodges (London 1744-1797 Brixham, Devon)
A sea cave interior with figures and boats
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (36 x 45.3 cm.)

Literature

G. Quilley and J. Bonehill, William Hodges (1744-1797): The Art of Exploration, New Haven and London, 2004, p. 19, fig. 8.

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Lot Essay

This ostensibly Italian grotto scene is a copy, with some alterations, of a painting by Jacques Courtois (1621-1676) which was engraved by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Chatelain (1710-1758) for Arthur Pond's series of classical landscapes published in 1744 (see S. Sloman, Gainsborough in Bath, New Haven and London, p. 152, pl. 132).

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