Property from a Private Collection
WILLIAM ETTY, R.A. | Two female bathers
Lot Closed
May 7, 02:33 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Collection
WILLIAM ETTY, R.A.
York 1787 - 1849
TWO FEMALE BATHERS
oil on panel, in a painted oval
unframed: 49 x 39.8 cm.; 19¼ x 15¾ in.
framed: 67 x 58 cm.; 26 3/8 x 22 7/8 in.
ARTICLE:
William Etty and the Nude, a Legacy of Controversy
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Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's Olympia, 12 October 2005, lot 69 (as attributed to William Etty);
With The Maas Gallery, London, where acquired.
The head of the right-hand woman in this painting, which beautifully demonstrates the 'lustre, beauty and fleshliness' for which Etty was celebrated, is very close to that of the single figure in Somnolency (Aberdeen Art Gallery),1 exhibited by Etty at the Royal Academy in 1838 (no. 490), although with lighting in the reverse direction. It seems likely that the same model was used for both paintings, which would also suggest an approximate date for the present work.
We are grateful to Richard Green for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.