Title:
Hebe feeding Jupiter's eagle
Maker:
Beechey, William; painter; British artist, 1753-1839
Category:
painting
Name:
painting
School/Style:
British
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Material(s):
oil paint; medium
canvas; support
Technique
Description:
oil on canvas
Dimension(s):
height, painted surface, 68.2, cm
width, painted surface, 47.2, cm
Acquisition:
given; 1904; Pfungst, H.J.
Provenance:
Probably G.E. Worthington, of Beckenham, Kent; sold privately by 'Mrs Worthington', of Ealing, London, 1903; anon. sale, Robinson & Fisher, London, 21 May 1903, (120); bt. from an unknown dealer by H.J. Pfungst
Inscription(s):
; verso, on stretcher; graphite; Lady Beechey as Hebe. From family; in one hand
; verso, on stretcher; graphite; G.E. Worthington 2149 Minshull House Beckenham Kent; in another hand, very faint
label; verso, on canvas; Sir William Beechey, R.A. Said to be a portrait of Lady Beechey as Hebe. Purchased in April 1903 from Mrs. Worthington of Ealing, a descendant of Sir Wm Beechey and to whom this picture came by inheritance [this label does not appear to be in Pfungst's handwriting]
number; verso, on frame; chalk; 120
date; verso, frame; scratched in; 1976 [twice]
Documentation:
Goodison, J.W.. 1977. Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 11-12
pl. 22
Accession:
Object Number: 628
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 758; input: 1999-12-20; modified: 2011-02-28)
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