ID 945202
Lot 51 | ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, R.A. (CHUR, GRAUBÜNDEN 1741-1807 ROME) AND STUDIO
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
Penelope awakened by Euryclea with the news of Ulysses' Return
oil on canvas, unlined
31 x 41 1/8 in. (78.7 x 104.5 cm.)
Provenance
Joseph Wallace, Esq., Belfast.
[The Property of a Gentleman, received from Ireland]; Christie's, London, 29 July 1869, lot 100, as Stothard, with MS correction to 'A. Kauffman' in auctioneer's book (10 shillings to Flack).
Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare (1865-1947), 6th Bt., Stourhead, Wiltshire; his sale, Christie's, London, 2 June 1883, lot 3 (7 gns. to Waters).
Sir Arthur Philip du Cros (1871-1955), 1st Bt., Dublin, and until,
[Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 17 July 1992, lot 14, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
W. Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman. A continental Artist in Georgian England, Brighton and London, 1992, pp. 53, 65, and 209, fig. 33.
B. Baumgärtel, Angelika Kauffman, exhibition catalogue, 1998, p. 378, under no. 223, as Copy or Replica.
A. Rosenthal, Angelica Kaufmann, art and sensibility, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 288, note 67.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Artist: | Angelika Kauffmann (1741 - 1807) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Angelika Kauffmann (1741 - 1807) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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