European & British Art, Part I
European & British Art, Part I
Property of a Gentleman
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S.
Perseus and Andromeda; Nausicaa and Her Maidens Playing at Ball; Atalanta's Race
Auction Closed
July 13, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S.
British
1836 - 1919
Perseus and Andromeda; Nausicaa and Her Maidens Playing at Ball; Atalanta's Race
one signed with monogram and dated 1872 lower right; one signed with monogram and dated 1873 lower right; the other signed with monogram and dated 1875 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: one 18 by 47cm., 7 by 18½in.; one 28 by 78cm., 11 by 30¾in.; the other 22 by 65cm., 8¾ by 25½in.
Framed: one 41 by 70cm., 16 by 27½in.; one 52 by 102cm., 20½ by 40in.; the other 47 by 89cm., 18½ by 35in.
Perseus and Andromeda
Purchased from the artist by William Henry Doeg, his sale Christie’s, London, 31 March 1920, lot 77 bought ‘Sampson’ however the picture was still in the possession of Doeg's grand-daughter Mrs Hammond-Headey in 1971, her sale Sotheby's, London, 17 March 1971, lot 129
Christopher Forbes, New York, until 1973
Fine Art Society, London
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Nausicaa and her Maidens Playing at Ball
Charles T. Jacoby of 80 Knightsbridge, London, sold by his executors, Christie’s, London, 20 March 1911, lot 103 as Greek Girls Playing at Ball, purchased ‘Mitchell’
Sale: Christie's, London, 6 March 1981, lot 84
Simon Dickinson, London
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1995
Atalanta's Race
Purchased from the artist by William Henry Doeg in 1876 and thence by descent to his grand-daughter Mrs Hammond-Headey by whom sold Christie’s, London, 9 February 1990, lot 253
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1995