British Art: The Jubilee Auction
British Art: The Jubilee Auction
A Vision of Arcadia – An Important English Private Collection
Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A.
Sleeping
Auction Closed
June 29, 08:07 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Vision of Arcadia – An Important English Private Collection
Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A.
1829 - 1896
Sleeping
signed with monogram (lower right)
oil on canvas
unframed: 92 by 71cm.; 36 by 28in.
framed: 130 by 108cm.; 51 by 42½in.
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心遠地自偏：重要英國私人收藏
約翰・艾佛雷特・米萊，P.R.A.
1829 - 1896年
《安睡》
款識：藝術家簽姓名縮寫（右下）
油彩畫布
不連框：92 x 71 公分；36 x 28 英寸
連框：130 x 108 公分；51 x 42½ 英寸
Commissioned by Moore, McQueen & Co. on 28 September 1865 for 1,000 guineas - the commission was apparently taken over by Agnew's, who bought the picture from Millais on 9 July 1866, presumably for 1,000 guineas
Bought from Agnew's by James Collier Harter, The Cedars, Leamington
Their sale, Christie's London, 26 April 1890, lot 45 (1,400 gns. to Lucas)
Charles J. Shaw, Thorn Bank, Leamington
Their sale, Christie's London, 18 June 1926, lot 100 (800 gns. to Sampson)
Acquired before 1934 by Lady Stuart-Wortley (1862-1936)
By descent to her daughter, The Hon. Clare Euphemia Stuart-Wortley (1889-1945)
By descent to her cousin, Edward G. Millais, by whom sold Christie's London, 21 March 1969, lot 69 (9,000 gns. to Gooden & Fox for a Millais family trust)
Their sale, Christie’s London, 10 June 1999, lot 27
Sale, Christie's London, 11 June 2003, lot 9
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Bought from Agnew's by James Collier Harter, The Cedars, Leamington
Their sale, Christie's London, 26 April 1890, lot 45 (1,400 gns. to Lucas)
Charles J. Shaw, Thorn Bank, Leamington
Their sale, Christie's London, 18 June 1926, lot 100 (800 gns. to Sampson)
Acquired before 1934 by Lady Stuart-Wortley (1862-1936)
By descent to her daughter, The Hon. Clare Euphemia Stuart-Wortley (1889-1945)
By descent to her cousin, Edward G. Millais, by whom sold Christie's London, 21 March 1969, lot 69 (9,000 gns. to Gooden & Fox for a Millais family trust)
Their sale, Christie’s London, 10 June 1999, lot 27
Sale, Christie's London, 11 June 2003, lot 9
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Times, 4 May 1867, p. 12
Athenaeum, no. 2063, 11 May 1867, p. 628
Art Journal, 1867, pp. 137-8
Philippe Burty, 'L'exhibition de l'Acadamie Royale de Londres', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st series, XXIII, July 1867, pp. 87-8
Johnstone Forbes-Robertson, 'Art at the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition', Magazine of Art, 1887 p. 283
Marion Harry Spielmann, Millais and his Works, London, 1898, pp. 38, 64, 81-2 (no. 22), 170 (no. 103), 179, 181, 182
Alfred Lys Baldry, Sir John Everett Millais: His Art and Influence, London, 1909, pp. 30, 50-1, illustrated facing p. 50
John Guille Millais, The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, London, 1899, vol. 1, pp. 392, 395, illustrated p. 393; vol. 2, pp. 6-8, 11, 473
Arthur Fish, John Everett Millais 1829-1896, London, 1923, pp. 140-1
Athenaeum, no. 2063, 11 May 1867, p. 628
Art Journal, 1867, pp. 137-8
Philippe Burty, 'L'exhibition de l'Acadamie Royale de Londres', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st series, XXIII, July 1867, pp. 87-8
Johnstone Forbes-Robertson, 'Art at the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition', Magazine of Art, 1887 p. 283
Marion Harry Spielmann, Millais and his Works, London, 1898, pp. 38, 64, 81-2 (no. 22), 170 (no. 103), 179, 181, 182
Alfred Lys Baldry, Sir John Everett Millais: His Art and Influence, London, 1909, pp. 30, 50-1, illustrated facing p. 50
John Guille Millais, The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, London, 1899, vol. 1, pp. 392, 395, illustrated p. 393; vol. 2, pp. 6-8, 11, 473
Arthur Fish, John Everett Millais 1829-1896, London, 1923, pp. 140-1