拍品 593
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CHARLES EDWARD PERUGINI | Kate

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25,000 - 35,000 USD
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描述

  • Charles Edward Perugini
  • Kate
  • signed with the artist's monogram (lower right) 
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 by 17 1/2 in.
  • 63.5 by 45 cm

來源

Mitchell Galleries, London
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 13, 2005, lot 18, illustrated 
Acquired at the above sale 

Condition

Original unlined condition with bright coloring and fine detail throughout. There is very fine craquelure on the girl's right sleeve and the upper and lower stretcher-bars have left faint imprints in the paint surface. However this is only visible upon close inspection. The paint surface appears to be clean and stable throughout and the picture will need no attention before hanging. Under UV: There are two small areas of fine retouching behind the girl's head and a few tiny retouches on her check. There is also a very small area approximately 2 inches in front of the girl's left eye. These retouches are very minor and have been very well executed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

拍品資料及來源

Katherine (usually called 'Kate') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (1839-1929) was the daughter of Charles Dickens and the widow of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Charles Allston Collins, who died in 1873. Kate Perugini was herself a painter of genre and figure subjects, and one who enjoyed friendly relations with a number of fellow-artists and collectors. Kate was strikingly beautiful, with classical features and lustrous dark hair which she usually wore with a central parting and gathered at the back of her neck. John Everett Millais painted Kate on several occasions, notably as the model for the female figure in his painting The Black Brunswicker (National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside; Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight) in 1860, and later for a portrait that he exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1881. Perugini himself seems to have taken pleasure in painting her, both in modern-life and historical guises. One of the most elaborate of his many works – which combine accuracy of likeness with an historical flavor – is a painting entitled Doubt (Christie’s, London, 19 November 1965, lot 20) – in which Kate appears with her sister Mollie.