Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: not sold
Price realised: not sold
Description
Property from a Greek Private Collection
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
British
1830 - 1896
Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses
oil on canvas
Unframed: 132 by 95cm., 52 by 38in.
Framed: 152 by 116cm., 60 by 45in.
Commissioned in 1884 for Henry Gurdon Marquand as part of the decoration for the ceiling of his Music Room at Marquand Mansion, New York where it remained until 1903 | Sold by the Trustees of the Marquand Estate, Anderson Galleries, New York, 23-31 January 1903, lot 91, where purchased by Cottier & Co for $16,000 | James Ross of Peel Street, Montreal and thence to his son Jack Ross, his sale Christie’s, London, 8 July 1927, part of lot 9 entitled Music, bought for 315 guineas by Nathan Mitchel
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
British
1830 - 1896
Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses
oil on canvas
Unframed: 132 by 95cm., 52 by 38in.
Framed: 152 by 116cm., 60 by 45in.
Commissioned in 1884 for Henry Gurdon Marquand as part of the decoration for the ceiling of his Music Room at Marquand Mansion, New York where it remained until 1903 | Sold by the Trustees of the Marquand Estate, Anderson Galleries, New York, 23-31 January 1903, lot 91, where purchased by Cottier & Co for $16,000 | James Ross of Peel Street, Montreal and thence to his son Jack Ross, his sale Christie’s, London, 8 July 1927, part of lot 9 entitled Music, bought for 315 guineas by Nathan Mitchel
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