John Phillip, R.A.
The Early Career of Murillo - 1634 'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of '
Found at
Christies,
London
THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 8
19. Feb - 19. Feb 2003
THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 8
19. Feb - 19. Feb 2003
Estimate: 100.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 94.650 GBP
Price realised: 94.650 GBP
Description
John Phillip, R.A. (1817-1867)
The Early Career of Murillo - 1634
'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of 'All Saints', remarkable for its picturesque semi-Moorish belfry.
This venerable market presents every Thursday an aspect which has changed but little since the days of Murillo. Fruit, vegetables, and coarse pottery, old clothes, old iron, still cover the ground or load the stalls as they did two centuries ago, when the unknown youth stood among the gipsies, muletters, and mendicant friars, selling for a few reals those productions of his early pencil, for which royal collectors are now ready to contend.' - Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain.
signed with monogram and dated '1865' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated '9181/John Phillip R.A./1 South Villas/Campden Hill/Kensington/1865' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
The Early Career of Murillo - 1634
'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of 'All Saints', remarkable for its picturesque semi-Moorish belfry.
This venerable market presents every Thursday an aspect which has changed but little since the days of Murillo. Fruit, vegetables, and coarse pottery, old clothes, old iron, still cover the ground or load the stalls as they did two centuries ago, when the unknown youth stood among the gipsies, muletters, and mendicant friars, selling for a few reals those productions of his early pencil, for which royal collectors are now ready to contend.' - Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain.
signed with monogram and dated '1865' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated '9181/John Phillip R.A./1 South Villas/Campden Hill/Kensington/1865' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
Despite a disappointment, a good price for John Phillip
When the work The Early Career of Murillo - 1634 'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of ' by John Phillip was auctioned at Christies in London in February 2003, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 100,000.00 – 200,000.00, of which not even Despite this disappointing result, The Early Career of Murillo - 1634 'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of ' is the most expensive artwork by John Phillip that we have observed at auction so far.
Trotz Enttäuschung ein guter Preis für John Phillip
Als die Arbeit The Early Career of Murillo - 1634 'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of ' von John Phillip im Februar 2003 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 100.000,00 – 200.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 94.650,00 (€ 138.186,01) den Besitzer. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist The Early Career of Murillo - 1634 'He was reduced to earn his daily bread by painting coarse and hasty pictures for the Feria (weekly fair) held in a broad street branching from the northern end of the Old Alameda and in front of the old church of ' das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Phillip, das wir bisher bei
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