LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

one 18 x 47

Description:

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Markings:

one signed with monogram and dated1872lower right; one signed with monogram and dated 1873 lower right;the other signed with monogram and dated 1875 lower right

Exhibited:

Perseus and AndromedaLondon, Fine Art Society, Victorian Painting, 1977, no. 32Kofu, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimuru Museum; Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum; Kurume, Ishibashi Museum of Art; Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Victorian Dreamers - Masterpieces of Neo-Classical and Aesthetic Movements in Britain, 1989, no. 36On long-term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Provenance:

Perseus and AndromedaPurchased from the artist x William Henry Doeg, his sale Christies, London, 31 March 1920, lot 77 bought Sampsonhowever thepicture was still in the possession ofDoeg's grand-daughter Mrs Hammond-Headey in 1971, her sale Sothex's, London, 17 March 1971, lot 129Christopher Forbes, New York, until 1973Fine Art Society, London Purchased from the above x the present owner; Nausicaa and her Maidens Playing atBall Charles T. Jacox of 80 Knightsbridge, London, sold x his executors, Christies, London, 20 March 1911, lot 103 as Greek Girls Playing at Ball, purchased MitchellSale: Christie's, London, 6 March 1981, lot 84Simon Dickinson, London Purchased from the abovex the present owner in 1995; Atalanta's Race Purchased from the artist x William Henry Doeg in 1876 and thence x descent to his grand-daughter Mrs Hammond-Headey x whom sold Christies, London, 9 February 1990, lot 253Purchased from the abovex the present owner in 1995