Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
The Property of a Gentleman
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May 7, 02:30 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
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The Property of a Gentleman
SIR GEORGE HAYTER
London 1792 - 1871
SAINT PETER PAYING THE TRIBUTE WITH A PIECE OF SILVER FOUND IN A FISH
indistinctly signed and dated upper left: H.1817
oil on canvas
unframed: 117 x 170 cm.; 46 x 66⅞ in.
framed: 141 x 191.5 cm.; 55 1/2 x 75 3/8 in.
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Commissioned by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1831) to hang at Woburn Abbey;
Thence by descent to Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (1888-1953);
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 19 February 1951, lot 179;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 November 1995, lot 113;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's South Kensington, 27 May 2004, lot 262.
London, British Institution, 1819, no. 248.
Though best known as a portraitist, Hayter painted a number of subject pictures early in his career. Following the exhibition of two of his works in 1815, Sir Thomas Lawrence was even moved to write: 'a new Prodigy has started up at the British Institution.' Hayter painted this impressive canvas in Rome two years later, which gained him election as an honorary member of the city's celebrated Accademia di San Luca.
