Sell Through Rate: 100%
Artwork:
William Dyce - Neptune Resigning To Britannia The Empire Of The Sea, A Scheme For A Fresco At Osborne House
Size:
32 x 49 cm
Medium:
Oil on paper laid down on board
Creation year:
1847
Marks:
Titled, signed and inscribed on the backboard: Neptune Resigning to Britannia the Empire of the Sea/ W. Dyce. 1847./ Sketch for the Fresco at Osborne
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Presented by Prince Albert to H.M. Queen Victoria in 1847; Windsor castle Inventory, 1872, no.647 'Queen's Personal Property'; Thence to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; Thence to Princess Victoria Patricia, Lady Ramsay of Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey; Her sale Christie's, London, 26 July 1974, no.252; Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; The Forbes Magazine Collection, from whom sold by The Fine Arts Society, London
Exhibition history:
Royal Academy, 1847, no.42; Aberdeen Art Gallery and London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, William Dyce, RA (1806-1864), 1964, no.25; Ottawa, National Gallery of Art, Victorian Artists in England, 1965, no.30; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American tour, The Royal Academy (1837-1901) Revisited - Victorian Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1975-6,no.11
Sotheby's London
Date:
2018-07-12
Lot Number:
37
Low Estimate:
$91698
[+0%]
High Estimate:
$130998
[-30%]
Hammer Price:
$91698
Sold For:
$114623