Challenged
(c. 1884-1885)

John PETTIE

Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 126.3 × 94.0 cm
Inscription: inscribed in brown paint l.r.: J Pettie
Accession Number: p.311.4-1
Department: International Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of J. Paterson Esq., 1885
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location: Not on display
Subjects (general): Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific): conflict (general sense) dressing gowns duels letters (correspondence) men (male humans) scenes (depictions) swords
Provenance: Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1885, no. 239; from where purchased by J. Patterson Esq., of the firm Patterson, Laing and Bruce, in 1885; by whom donated to the NGV, 1885
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1885, no. 239

Frame

Essentially classical revival in style, a number of frames with this form and detail appear in the collection. Another can be found on Frank Holl, The daughter of the house, dating to 1879
In Melbourne a variant of this frame became associated with the painter Charles Rolando. Made by John Thallon the frame became known as a ‘Rolando’.
Framemaker: Unknown - 19th century
Date: 1884-5
Materials: timber, composition, gold leaf
Dimensions: 166.2 x 134.7 x 14 cm