Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)

Portrait of Mary, Lady Gerard in a green Dress

细节

Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)
Portrait of Mary, Lady Gerard in a green Dress
signed and dated 'Orpen 1904' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 x 26½in. (99 x 67cm.); oval

来源

The Gerard Family; Blakesweire Manor, Hertfordshire, circa 1955.

出版

S. Dark and P.G. Konody, Sir William Orpen, Artist and Man, London, 1932, p.266. B. Arnold, Orpen Mirror to an Age, London, 1981, pp.116-118.

拍品专文

Painted at Eastwell Park, Ashford, Kent and begun in May 1903, this commission came through Lord Scarborough, Lady Gerard's nephew by marriage, whom Orpen had painted in December 1902. Orpen wrote to his wife Grace, 'They think Lady Gerard's portrait is very like her, which is lucky!' (B. Arnold op. cit.).