Details
JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (BRITISH, 1849-1917)
A Roman Offering
signed 'J.W.Waterhouse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 in. x 8 in. (49.9 cm. x 20.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1891.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 October 1965, lot 195, as Arranging Flowers.
Canston, acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous estate sale; Christie's, London, 9 June 1995, lot 339.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
P. Trippi, J. W. Waterhouse, London, 2002, pp. 99-100, pl. 75, illustrated.
J. Findley, John Waterhouse: 130 Paintings, 2014, digital publication, illustrated.
D. Cavallaro, J. W. Waterhouse and the Magic of Color, Jefferson, NC, 2017, pp. 40, 194.
Masters of Art: John William Waterhouse Hastings, East Sussex, 2022, digital publication, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, on long-term loan, August 2008-January 2011.
Details
JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (BRITISH, 1849-1917)
A Roman Offering
signed 'J.W.Waterhouse' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 5/8 in. x 8 in. (49.9 cm. x 20.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1891.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 October 1965, lot 195, as Arranging Flowers.
Canston, acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous estate sale; Christie's, London, 9 June 1995, lot 339.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
P. Trippi, J. W. Waterhouse, London, 2002, pp. 99-100, pl. 75, illustrated.
J. Findley, John Waterhouse: 130 Paintings, 2014, digital publication, illustrated.
D. Cavallaro, J. W. Waterhouse and the Magic of Color, Jefferson, NC, 2017, pp. 40, 194.
Masters of Art: John William Waterhouse Hastings, East Sussex, 2022, digital publication, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, on long-term loan, August 2008-January 2011.
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