Nude male figure thrusting with a lance (formerly 'The Gladiator')
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Nude male figure thrusting with a lance (formerly 'The Gladiator')
Date of Production
(or shortly after) 1775
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on light brown coarse laid paper (see Notes for more on the paper)
Dimensions
Height: 32.6 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Width: 33.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1954.WF.4591
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1954
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
by descent to the artist's granddaughter, Elizabeth Romney, Whitestock Hall, Cumbria (d. 1893); her estate sale, Christie's (London), 24 - 25 May 1894, unknown part lot; purchased there by either Martin Colnaghi, Charles Fairfax Murray, C. Newton Robinson, E. Duveen or Humphrey Ward; purchased from one of them by Xavier Haas, Paris (1876-1936), n.d.; his widow’s sale, Christie’s (London), 12 July 1937, part of lot 42; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Hugh Walpole, Derwentwater (1884-1941), n.d.; bequeathed by him to Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by the Courtauld Institute via the Witt Fund in January 1954
Exhibition History
George Romney, National Portrait Gallery, London, 30/05/2002-18/08/2002
George Romney, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, 08/02/2002-21/04/2002; National Portrait Gallery, London, 30/05/2002-18/08/2002; Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 15/09/2002-01/12/2002
George Romney, Walker Art Gallery & Liverpool & England, 07/02/2002-28/04/2002 ...More
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 21/11/1979-27/01/1980
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...Less
George Romney, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, 08/02/2002-21/04/2002; National Portrait Gallery, London, 30/05/2002-18/08/2002; Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 15/09/2002-01/12/2002
George Romney, Walker Art Gallery & Liverpool & England, 07/02/2002-28/04/2002 ...More
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 21/11/1979-27/01/1980
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...Less
Literature
Antique Collector, 7 July 1937
ill. on p. 222
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 10 ...More
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1979-1980
cat. no. 60
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1979-1980
no. 160
ill.
Walker Art Gallery; National Portrait Gallery; Huntington Library, 2002, George Romney, 1734-1802, London
no. 52
ill.
Dixon, Yvonne Romney, 'Romney's Drawings and Academic Tradition' in 'Those Delightful Regions of Imagination: essays on George Romney'
pp. 201-03 ...Less
ill. on p. 222
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 10 ...More
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1979-1980
cat. no. 60
Zwei Jahrhunderte Englische Malerei: Britische Kunst und Europa 1680 bis 1880, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1979-1980
no. 160
ill.
Walker Art Gallery; National Portrait Gallery; Huntington Library, 2002, George Romney, 1734-1802, London
no. 52
ill.
Dixon, Yvonne Romney, 'Romney's Drawings and Academic Tradition' in 'Those Delightful Regions of Imagination: essays on George Romney'
pp. 201-03 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "65". Frame (missing, recorded in object file): "107. G.Romney. The Gladiator."; "Forwarded by Mr. Alan Bott in accordance with the will of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, as explained in a recent letter to Sir Ronald Storrs, K.C.M.G., from Mr. Rupert Hart-Davies.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "65". Frame (missing, recorded in object file): "107. G.Romney. The Gladiator."; "Forwarded by Mr. Alan Bott in accordance with the will of the late Sir Hugh Walpole, as explained in a recent letter to Sir Ronald Storrs, K.C.M.G., from Mr. Rupert Hart-Davies.".
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