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* Sir George Hayter London 1792-1871
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Description
- Sir George Hayter
- Portrait of a Lady
- full-length, standing in a brown velvet gown and holding a blue sash, a view of Naples and Mount Vesuvius beyond
- oil on canvas
Provenance
William M. Sullivan, Ridgefield, Connecticut;
By whose estate sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, March 1-3, 1951, lot 469 (as by George Henry Harlow);
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, June 6, 1985, lot 7;
With Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.
By whose estate sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, March 1-3, 1951, lot 469 (as by George Henry Harlow);
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, June 6, 1985, lot 7;
With Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.
Catalogue Note
Hayter traveled from England to Italy twice. He took his first trip in 1816 on the advice of his patron John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. In the course of this journey, he went to Florence, where he became an honorary member of the Academia di San Luca. It is most likely during his second trip, in 1826-28 that he painted this portrait. The motivation for his two year exile from England was not solely artistic: he was able to live with his mistress, which had been a source of problems in England. After his mistress’ death in 1827, Hayter left Florence and traveled south. His presence is well attested in Rome in the following months, and he must have traveled as far south as Naples and the nearby sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum.