File:George Dunlop Leslie - Matilda - Dante, Purgatorio, Canto 28.jpg
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editGeorge Dunlop Leslie: Matilda ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q1403572 |
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Title |
Matilda |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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| style="padding:0 10px;" | A lady, wandering through the wood alone, —Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio, Canto XXVIII, v. 40-42 |} (see source) Dante's Matilda (Matelda) is usually identified with Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (1046-1115) of the house of Canossa. Leslie depicted her gathering flowers in a beautiful landscape, watched in the distance by Dante, Virgil and Statius. When it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1860 it was accompanied by a quotation from Psalms; "For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands" (Psalm XCII, 4) The review by Tom Taylor in Times described it as "a lady reclining in a green garden on the edge of a pool starred with water lilies" and celebrated the "power of faithful landscape painting and a thoughtful and graceful feeling for female form and character, which promise well for this young painter's future." It was bought from the artist by John Hamilton Trist (1811-1891) a wine-merchant from Brighton who owned a fine collection of modern paintings, including examples by Albert Moore, Rossetti, Alma-Tadema and Leighton with a particular taste for the work of Arthur Hughes (he owned twenty examples). |
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Date |
1859 date QS:P571,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 51.4 cm (20.2 in); width: 92.7 cm (36.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,51.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,92.7U174728 |
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Object history |
Purchased from the artist by John Hamilton Trist and thence by descent to Herbert Hardwick Trist in 1899 and further descent to Mrs Louisa Mary Trist (née Rigden); Christie's, 23 April 1937 to 'Fasey'; Fine Art Society, London where purchased by a private collector; Christie's, 10 June 2003, lot 103; Sotheby's, London, 17 December 2015, lot 22. |
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Exhibition history |
London, Royal Academy, 1860, no. 578. London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1905, no. 421. |
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Inscriptions |
Artist's monogram and date bottom right: GDL 1859
Artist's address reverse:
G D Leslie. 2 Abercorn Place St Johns wood No 2
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References | Christie's, LotFinder: entry 4111846 (sale 6726, lot 103, London, King Street, 10 June 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Sotheby's, London, 17 December 2015, lot 22 |
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Author | George Dunlop Leslie |
Credit/Provider | Sotheby's |
Source | http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/victorian-pre-raphaelite-british-impressionist-art-l15133/lot.22.html |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 55.332 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 55.332 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:50, 21 November 2015 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,000 px |
Image height | 1,111 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:50, 21 November 2015 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:50, 21 November 2015 |
Copyright status | Copyright status not set |
Type of item | Portrait |
IIM version | 2 |