English School, circa 1800
A pair of neo classical grisailles, depicting the Farnese Flora and a seated figure perhaps representing Calliope
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December 8, 03:57 PM GMT
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English School, circa 1800
A pair of neo classical grisailles, depicting the Farnese Flora and a seated figure perhaps representing Calliope
a pair, both oil on canvas
oil on canvas
unframed: 81.5 x 53.2 cm.; 32 1/8 x 21 in.
framed: 83.8 x 56.7 cm.; 33 x 22 3/8 in.
These works have been compared to the grisailles of the Italian-born Biagio Rebecca (1735–1808), an artist who made his fame in England painting decorative panels for neoclassical interiors.1 Rebecca was a prolific painter for country houses as well as London mansions, and his work included commissions for Kenwood House, Harewood House, Kedleston, Montagu House, Somerset House and Carlton House. A chimney board, showing grisaille figures on a classical vase, survives in the care of English Heritage at Audley End House, Essex.2
1 M.W.D. Norman Biagio & John Biagio Rebecca, a sketch towards a biography, Shoreham-by-Sea 2001, pp. 1–3.
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