ID 1126310
Lot 191 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Portrait of the Reverend Dr. John Wingfield (1760-1825), Canon of Worcester Cathedral, half-length, in a black gown and white bands
signed and dated 'John Constable / pinxit 1818.' (strengthened, center left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.2 x 64 cm.)
Provenance
General Wingfield, and by descent to his nephew,
T.W. Willink, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 November 1920, lot 38 (to Brown).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 February 1936, lot 69 (to Leeds).
Professor William George Constable (1887-1976), Boston, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C.R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, R.A., A. Shirley, ed., London, 1937, p. LXXVII, no. 221.
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 17-18, no. 18.9, pl. 36.
Exhibited
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Paintings, Drawings and Prints by J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, R.P. Bonington, 21 March-28 April 1946, no.128.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Constable Portraits: The Painter & His Circle, 5 March-14 June 2009, no. 33.
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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