LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

53.4 x 91.3

Description:

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Exhibited:

Derby, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, on loan, Summer 1983.Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, Wright in Italy: Joseph Wright of Derby's Visit Abroad, 1773-1775, 8 August-20 September 1987, no. 35.

Literature:

B. Nicholson, Joseph Wright of Derby, Painter of Light, New York and London 1968, I, pp. 84 and 261, no. 294; II, p. 187, pl. 294.

Provenance:

(Probably) William Hardman Esq., Manchester, and by descent to, Thomas Hardman; his sale, Manchester, 19 October 1838, lot 22, described as 'An Italian Scene, of great picturesque beauty, enriched with Classical Italian Buildings, and coloured with all the freshness of nature, under the warmth of an Italian Sky'.Miss E. Hardman, until at least 1894.Mrs. V. Martin, by 1968, and by descent to her daughter,Miss Viola Martin; () London, Christie's, 23 November 1979, lot 83.Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; London, Christie's, 18 November 1988, lot 74.with Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.Private collection, USA.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2016, lot 19, acquired after sale by the following, Beaumont Nathan, on behalf of the current owner.