Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Joseph Nollekens R.A and his Venus
Pen and grey ink with watercolour.
Rowlandson's witty depiction of the celebrated sculptor Joseph Nollekens at work, absorbed in modelling his 'Venus' while his weary model slumps beside him. A lively glimpse into the Georgian studio, surrounded by casts of antique marbles and the clutter of artistic life.
Height: 294mm Width: 226mm
Provenance:
Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864-1958) by 1923
By descent to Mrs C.W Dyson Perrins
Her sale, Sotheby's London, 24 February 1960, lot 57 (bt. S&R Rosenberg)
Literature:
J. Grego, Rowlandson the Caricaturist, London 1880, vol II., pp.16-19, 396, illustrated p.18;
A.P Oppé, Thomas Rowlandson, His Drawings and Watercolours, London 1923, pl. 58
Pen and grey ink with watercolour.
Rowlandson's witty depiction of the celebrated sculptor Joseph Nollekens at work, absorbed in modelling his 'Venus' while his weary model slumps beside him. A lively glimpse into the Georgian studio, surrounded by casts of antique marbles and the clutter of artistic life.
Height: 294mm Width: 226mm
Provenance:
Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864-1958) by 1923
By descent to Mrs C.W Dyson Perrins
Her sale, Sotheby's London, 24 February 1960, lot 57 (bt. S&R Rosenberg)
Literature:
J. Grego, Rowlandson the Caricaturist, London 1880, vol II., pp.16-19, 396, illustrated p.18;
A.P Oppé, Thomas Rowlandson, His Drawings and Watercolours, London 1923, pl. 58