The artist, 1913-1933; purchased from the artist, on the advice of Randall Davies, for the Felton Bequest, 1933.
In mid May 1938 the then director of the National Gallery of Victoria, J. S. MacDonald, wrote disparagingly of the striking 1909 portrait Rt. Hon.
The Rigg Design Prize is the highest accolade for contemporary design in Australia – a generous legacy of the late Colin Rigg (1895–1982), a former secretary of the NGV’s Felton…
11 October 2018: Melbourne design practice Hecker Guthrie has been awarded the prestigious Rigg Design Prize, the highest accolade for Australian contemporary design.
Visions of Paradise presents the NGV’s internationally important holdings of Indian court paintings and takes exhibition visitors on a journey to the opulent palaces, sumptuous lifestyles and cultural activities of…
Inspired by the complex biological structure of the human skull – which the artist considers beautiful and extraordinary – Ron Mueck’s new work Mass celebrates a form that links us…
Collection of Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), by 1936; collection of Asa Lingard (d. 1957), before 1948; included in the Lingard sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 May 1948,
Exhibited Works of British Artists exhibition, New Zealand (arranged by John Baillie), 1912; from where purchased, on the advice of John Mather, for the Felton Bequest, 1912
Collection of the sitter until her death, 1814; by descent to Lady Beaumont’s son, Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753–1827), 7th Baronet, Coleorton Hall, Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1814-27; remained with the Beaumont…
Remained in the artist’s studio until his death, 1903; by descent to his daughter, Jeanne Bonin (1881-1948, née Pissarro) and husband Alexandre Bonin, 1903; with Galerie Georges Petit (dealer), by…
Possibly with E. J. van Wisselingh (dealer-collector), Amsterdam, 1904; with Barbizon House, London (dealer), 1909; from where purchased, on the advice of Frank Gibson, for the Felton Bequest, 1909.
Commissioned by Thomas E.
With F & J Tempelaere (dealer), Paris, possibly stock no.
With Messrs Obach & Co. (dealer), London, by 1906, stock no. 2981; from where purchased, on the advice of Sir George Clausen, for the Felton Bequest, 1906.
Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1872, no. 389, as An interesting story; possibly purchased directly from the artist by Miss Mary Emily Flinn (c.