Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London)

An artist's soul borne up to Heaven

細節

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London)
An artist's soul borne up to Heaven
signed and dated 'P. I. de Loutherbourg 1791.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.1 x 101.7 cm.)

來源

Purchased by William James from David Isaacs, 6 August 1901 for £50 (the frame a further £35).

出版

West Dean Park, Inventory, 1894-. WDMS. 3332, ‘Oil painting by de Louterbourgh [sic]. Frame/carved wood, old / £35. Isaacs. 1901. £85’.
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 240 – THE MORNING ROOM – P. I. de Loutherbourg. 1701, Angels with a young girl ascending to Heaven; 49 x 39.

榮譽呈獻

Amelia Walker

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拍品專文

Better known as a landscape painter, a genre that he practised throughout his career, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg was also a highly innovative historical painter, particularly during the 1790s. Dated 1791, this intriguing and well-preserved picture, which displays the artist’s technical virtuosity and taste for a vivid and fresh palette, is, apart from a drawing of the Apotheosis of the Captain Cook, a unique example in the artist’s career.

An artist's soul borne up to Heaven

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拍品專文

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