[A group in the artist's studio in Florence] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [A group in the artist's studio in Florence] [art original]
- Creator
- Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1770]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A caricature conversation group portrait depicting a gathering in the studio of the amateur artist Henry William Bunbury. Bunbury is seated at a round table in the center. The man presenting arms to him is Captain Walcott. At the right, wearing a tricorne hat is Captain Elliott. Patch is seated at his easel in the background and is painting the commmedia dell-arte character Puchinello. On the left, a servant holding back a curtain for an arriving guest has been identified as Valentino, Servitore di Piazza. Two paintings hang on the back wall. One to the left is a view of King’s College Cambridge. The other a figure and a horse
- Description
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Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Inscribed on verso: Henry Wm. Bunbury Rome 1770, aetat suae 20".
Identifications are based on drawings published by W.B. Watson, “Thomas Patch, Some new light on his work” Apollo (May 1967), 348-353. - Provenance
- Painted for Henry William Bunbury and first recorded at Barton Hall, Suffolk, in 1868, and by descent to Sir Henry Bunbury, 10th Bt.; his executors sale, Sotheby's, 17 December 1931, no. 40 (bt. Fred Lewis). Fred Skull, his sale; Christie's, 9 May 1952, lot 34 (at Thomas Agnew for W.S. Lewis).
- Extent
- 1 painting : visible image 22 x 37.5 in., framed to 28.75 x 44 in.
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 141 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3A
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Artists
Oil paintings (visual works) - Material
- oil on canvas ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Subjects
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Thomas Patch. A Group in the Artist's Studio in Florence. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12455439
- Object ID (OID)
- 16893207