Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a New York Collection, Sold Without Reserve
After George Stubbs
Mares and foals in a clearing
Lot Closed
March 23, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Collection, Sold Without Reserve
After George Stubbs
Mares and foals in a clearing
oil on artist's board
board: 12 ¾ by 17 ¾ in.; 32.4 by 45.1 cm.
framed: 16 ¼ by 21 ½ in.; 41.3 by 21.5 cm.
This composition derives from Stubbs's painting Mares and Foals in a Craggy Landscape, now in an English private collection. The original was engraved in mezzotint by Benjamin Green in 1768, and the present lot is based on the engraving, though the background is a clearing in a forest rather than a mountain.1
1. See J. Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter. New Haven/London 2007, cat. no. 89; C. Lennox-Boyd, R. Dixon, and T. Clayton, George Stubbs, the Complete Engraved Works, London 1989, cat. no. 5.