JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
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Property from the Estate of Sylvia Paine Constable
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)

Portrait of the Reverend Dr. John Wingfield (1760-1825), Canon of Worcester Cathedral, half-length, in a black gown and white bands

细节
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT, SUFFOLK 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
Portrait of the Reverend Dr. John Wingfield (1760-1825), Canon of Worcester Cathedral, half-length, in a black gown and white bands
signed and dated 'John Constable / pinxit 1818.' (strengthened, center left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1⁄8 in. (76.2 x 64 cm.)
来源
General Wingfield, and by descent to his nephew,
T.W. Willink, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 November 1920, lot 38 (to Brown).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 February 1936, lot 69 (to Leeds).
Professor William George Constable (1887-1976), Boston, and by descent to the present owner.
出版
C.R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, R.A., A. Shirley, ed., London, 1937, p. LXXVII, no. 221.
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 17-18, no. 18.9, pl. 36.
展览
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Paintings, Drawings and Prints by J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, R.P. Bonington, 21 March-28 April 1946, no.128.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Constable Portraits: The Painter & His Circle, 5 March-14 June 2009, no. 33.

荣誉呈献

Taylor Alessio
Taylor Alessio Junior Specialist, Head of Part II

拍品专文

John Constable is best known for his brilliant oil sketches and naturalistic landscapes, but he also excelled at capturing likenesses. This work, completed in 1818, comes from an incredibly fruitful moment in Constable’s portrait production, perhaps driven by his desire to support his young family with his painting career. Although the circumstances of the commission of the present portrait are not known, it is possible that the Reverend Doctor John Wingfield was connected to the artist via Henry Griswold Lewis, whose portrait he painted in 1809. Wingfield served as a master, and later Headmaster, at Westminster School, before becoming a canon at Worcester Cathedral. It is interesting to note that, after passing through a number a sales at Christie’s, this painting was acquired by Professor William George Constable, a relative of the artist, and the son of a Headmaster at Derby School. After serving in the First World War, William George Constable went on to become an art historian, and later curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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