European & British Art, Part I

European & British Art, Part I

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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

Perseus and Andromeda

London, Fine Art Society, Victorian Painting, 1977, no. 32

Kofu, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimuru Museum; Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum; Kurume, Ishibashi Museum of Art; Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Victorian Dreamers - Masterpieces of Neo-Classical and Aesthetic Movements in Britain, 1989, no. 36

On long-term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston