Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
George Romney
Portrait of a young boy and girl with their dog and puppy
Lot Closed
January 28, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
George Romney
Dalton 1734 - 1802 Kendal
Portrait of a young boy and girl with their dog and puppy
oil on canvas
canvas: 49 by 39½ in.; 124.5 by 100.3 cm.
framed: 51 by 41 in.; 129.5 by 104.1 cm.
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 1 December 1922, lot 112, (60 gns.);
There acquired by Rochelle Thomas;
From whom acquired by Agnews;
From whom acquired by Mme. Julia Martigny de Noy, 1924;
Private collection.
This portrait of two unidentified children is an early example of Romney's child portraiture, painted in the mid-to-late 1760s. The older brother is young enough to still be in skirts, and the younger sister holds a puppy while the mother dog looks up longingly. This conceit was used again in Romney's portrait of The Clavering Children in the 1777.1
1. https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/4821/thomas-john-clavering-later-sir-thomas-clavering-bart-an?ctx=3856a94329a5edd5c4376b292e7c16262d252a0a&idx=2