Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Lot Closed
September 20, 03:59 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GEORGE MICHAEL MOSER R.A.
Schaffhausen 1704-1819 London
Seated male nude
Red chalk, on laid paper watermarked with a Strasburg Lily
231 by 314 mm (drawing)
350 by 428 mm (mount)
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Edward Basil Jupp, F.S.A. (1812-1877);
Thomas William Waller (1878-1947) (L.2472);
Elizabeth Stauffer Moore;
thence by descent to Elizabeth Richardson Simmons, New York;
her sale, London, Christie's, 12 November 1968, lot 135;
with The Fine Art Society, London;
acquired by Walter Brandt (1902-1978);
by family descent until the present owner
In 1726 George Michael Moser moved from Switzerland to London. Originally trained as a coppersmith and chaser of furniture mounts, by the 1740s he was a prominent member of the artistic community. In 1768, he became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy. Interestingly, when one considers the present drawing, Johan Zoffany R.A. (1733-1810), in his painting The Academicians of the Royal Academy (1771-2) (Royal Collection), depicted Moser adjusting the position of the nude model in his multi-figured composition. The celebrated lawyer and antiquary; Edward Basil Jupp (1812-1877), was a previous owner of this drawing.
