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- Francis Danby
- Landscape: Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, going to the athletic games instituted in honour of his visit
Francis Danby
Landscape: Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, going to the athletic games instituted in honour of his visit
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Francis Danby (Wexford 1793-1861 Exmouth)
Landscape: Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, going to the athletic games instituted in honour of his visit
signed 'F.DANBY' (lower left)
oil on canvas
130.6 x 183.3cm (51 7/16 x 72 3/16in).
Painted for Joseph Gillott | His sale, Christie's, London, 19 April 1872, lot 126 (as The Arrival of Aeneas) | Collection of Thomas Pemberton | His sale, Christie's, London, 30 April 1874, lot 78 (as Aeneas Witnessing the games), bought together with other Danby works in this sale by | J. Watson of Warley Hall, Birmingham, who moved to Berwick House, Shrewsbury in 1879, and by descent to the present owner
Landscape: Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, going to the athletic games instituted in honour of his visit
signed 'F.DANBY' (lower left)
oil on canvas
130.6 x 183.3cm (51 7/16 x 72 3/16in).
Painted for Joseph Gillott | His sale, Christie's, London, 19 April 1872, lot 126 (as The Arrival of Aeneas) | Collection of Thomas Pemberton | His sale, Christie's, London, 30 April 1874, lot 78 (as Aeneas Witnessing the games), bought together with other Danby works in this sale by | J. Watson of Warley Hall, Birmingham, who moved to Berwick House, Shrewsbury in 1879, and by descent to the present owner