Circle of John Hoppner

With Shepherd Bros., London;
From whom acquired by Henry G. Marquand, New York;
His sale, New York, American Art Association, 23 January 1903, lot 31, reproduced (As by John Hoppner);
Where acquired by E. Fischhof, for $3,200;
Mrs. Emma Budge, Hamburg, by 1925;
Her forced sale (Sammlung Frau Emma Budge, Hamburg), Berlin, Paul Graupe, 27-29 September 1937, lot 13 (as by John Hoppner);
Where acquired by Frederick W. Schumacher, Columbus, Ohio, for RM 12,000;
By whom bequeathed to the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, in 1957 (inv. no. [57] 37.26);
Restituted to the Budge heirs, 2010.

Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Leih-Ausstellung aus Hamburgischem Privatbesitz, May 1925, no. 145 (as by John Hoppner).

W. McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner, R.A., London 1909, p. 45;
"Art Throughout America," in The Art News, vol. 36, no. 39 (13 August 1938), p. 15;
W. Valentiner and P. Wescher, The Frederick W. Schumacher Collection, Columbus, OH 1955, p. 32, no. 17 (as by John Hoppner), reproduced;
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, The Frederick W. Schumacher Collection, Columbus, OH 1976, pp. 71-72, (as by John Hoppner), reproduced.

Engraved:
Engraved in mezzotint by J. Watkins Chapman, 8 September 1891.

The canvas is lined. There is craquelure and pigment separation throughout and it is really only noticeable in the white of the sitter's bust, right of face and upper right hand corner. UNDER UV: The mentioned separation is inpainted as well as a 4 inch U shaped spot on the bust of the woman. There is a higher concentration of inpainting on the left side of the woman's face and background. Approximately 5-10% of the work is inpainted.
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