Master Paintings Part I
Master Paintings Part I
Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
Portrait of Charlotte Grote, wearing a black dress and ribboned hat, half-length
Auction Closed
January 26, 05:50 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra
Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London
Portrait of Charlotte Grote, wearing a black dress and ribboned hat, half-length
oil on canvas
canvas: 29½ by 24¼ in.; 74.3 by 61.6 cm.
framed: 37¼ by 32¼ in.; 94.6 by 81.9 cm.
Commissioned by the sitter, Charlotte Grote (1738-1787);
Thence by descent in her family to her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Alexandrina Mayor (née Grote) (1830-1927), Queensgate House, Kingston Hill;
Thence by descent in her family until anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1982, lot 26;
Where acquired by Leger Galleries, London;
With Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, 9 November 1994, lot 37;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Thence by descent in her family to her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Alexandrina Mayor (née Grote) (1830-1927), Queensgate House, Kingston Hill;
Thence by descent in her family until anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1982, lot 26;
Where acquired by Leger Galleries, London;
With Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, 9 November 1994, lot 37;
Where acquired by the present collector.
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London 1889, vol. I, p. 403;
W. Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds: Premier président de l'Académie Royale de Londres, Paris 1900, p. 209;
E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London 1941, p. 76;
British Life through Painters' Eyes, exhibition catalogue, New York and London 1982, unpaginated, cat. no. 10;
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reyolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven 2000, vol. I, p. 229, cat. no. 783, vol. II, p. 540, reproduced fig. 1432.
W. Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds: Premier président de l'Académie Royale de Londres, Paris 1900, p. 209;
E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London 1941, p. 76;
British Life through Painters' Eyes, exhibition catalogue, New York and London 1982, unpaginated, cat. no. 10;
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reyolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven 2000, vol. I, p. 229, cat. no. 783, vol. II, p. 540, reproduced fig. 1432.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, British Life through Painters' Eyes, 1740-1840, 6 October - 6 November 1982, no. 10.