ID 964798
Lot 15 | FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1830-1896)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
The Bath of Psyche
oil on canvas
32 x 6 ½ in. (81.3 x 16.5 cm.)
Leighton, F.
Painted circa 1887.
Provenance
The artist.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., gifted by the above.
His sale; Hampton & Sons, London, 11 June 1913, lot 591.
Private collection, Paris.
By descent to their heirs, until at least 17 June 1992.
with Philip Hook Associates, London, 1993.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 June 1996, lot 121.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
F. G. Stephens, Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema, R.A.: A Sketch of his Life and Work, London, 1895, pp. 16, 20.
M. H. Spielmann, 'Laurence Alma-Tadema, R.A.: A Sketch,' The Magazine of Art, London, April 1897, vol. 20, p. 42, illustrated in an in situ photograph.
C. Monkhouse, British Contemporary Artists, London, 1899, p. 225.
R. de Cordova, 'The Panels in Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Hall,' Strand Magazine, December 1902, vol. 24, pp. 617-618, illustrated.
P. C. Standing, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., London, 1905, p. 42.
E. Staley, Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A., London, 1906, p. 140.
R. de Cordova, 'The Hall of Panels in the House of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A.,' Scribner's Magazine, London, March 1911, vol. xlix, pp. 300-302, 309, illustrated, also illustrated twice in situ.
J. Harlaw, The Charm of Leighton, Edinburgh, 1912, p. 29.
Magazine of Art, vol. 20, 1929, p. 42.
R. Ash, Alma-Tadema: An illustrated life of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1836-1912, Boston, 1973, p. 18.
V. G. Swanson, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: The Painter of the Victorian Vision of the Ancient World, London, 1977, p. 24, as Psyche.
V. G. Swanson, The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 1990, pp. 66, 67, 247, illustrated in an in situ photograph.
E. Becker, E. Prettejohn, et al., Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, exh. cat., Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 54, 63, 250, fig. 52, illustrated.
C. Newall, Frederic Leighton: 1830-1896, exh. cat., London, 1996, p. 215, under no. 108.
R. G. Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, London, 2001, pp. 121-123, ill. 120, illustrated in an in situ photograph.
E. Prettejohn and P. Trippi, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity, exh. cat., New York, 2016, p. 151, no. 191, illustrated, p. 153, pl. 193, illustrated in an in situ photograph.
Exhibited
Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity, 1 October-7 February 2017; also Vienna, Belvedere, 24 February-18 June 2017; London, Leighton House Museum, 7 July-29 October 2017, no. 191, illustrated.
| Artist: | Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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