ID 1196455
Lot 52 | GEORGE STUBBS (LIVERPOOL 1724-1806 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
A dark bay horse facing right, beside a large oak tree
signed and dated 'Geo: Stubbs pinx, / 1777' (lower centre)
oil on panel, transferred to canvas
40 ¼ x 50 ¼ in. (102.3 x 127.7 cm.)
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1831).
with Arthur J. Vernay, New York, where acquired in January 1928 by,
with Knoedler & Co., New York, where acquired in September 1928 by,
John Compton Cavendish, 4th Baron Chesham (1894-1952); Sotheby's, London, 13 February 1946, lot 13 (part lot), where acquired by the following,
Prince Ali Khan (1911-1960), by whom bequeathed to the father of the present owners.
Literature
J. Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter. Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 2007, pp. 388, 389 and 635, no. 186.
| Artist: | George Stubbs (1724 - 1806) |
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| Artist: | George Stubbs (1724 - 1806) |
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