16th Jul, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European and Sporting Art
1122
Circle of Mary Beale (1633-1699)
Portrait of Katherine Lowther, Duchess of Bolton (by repute), head and shoulders, wearing a white dress and blue sash, in a feigned oval
Oil on canvas, 74.5cm by 56cm
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Glazed. Reline likely relatively old clean and revarnish. Covered in a layer of dirt and discoloured varnish, due to the glazing it is less easy to fully discern the surface however clearly evidence of impasto remaining although parts of the drapery show filling of paint in areas. Visible stretcher shadow, slightly more prominent along top edge. Areas of fine stable cracquelure mostly within areas of more thickly applied paint. Some general strengthening throughout background. The hair shows more solid and consistent good sized circular patches of retouching and restoration. Delicate infilling to old cracquelure through face of a fairly low level. Odd small patch of more concentrated retouching to nose and left hand side point of lip which joins the cheek and small cluster left hand side of chin. Likely area of retouching and overpainting across the left shoulder and the flesh which sits against the white chamois. The shadows and definition of the drapery throughout the teal coloured silk dress show signs of general strengthening. Otherwise in a stable state of preservation.
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Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 16th Jul, 2022
'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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