Samuel READ
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| Artist: | |
| Nationality: | British, 1816–1883 |
| Title: | Chapel of Saint James, Toledo Cathedral |
Specifically, the painting
shows the tombs of Don Álvaro de Luna y Jarana, Lord High
Constable of Castile (1388/90-1453), flanked by Knights of
Saint James, and of his wife, Doña Juana de Pimentel,
flanked by Franciscan friars, in the Chapel of Saint James (also
called the Chapel of Álvaro de Luna), built between
1435-c.1498, in the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain |
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Acknowledgement: With thanks to Canterbury Cathedral Archives for their help in identifying the subject of this painting (previously described as ‘Interior Canterbury Cathedral’) |
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| Medium: | Pencil and watercolour heightened with white, on board |
| Date: | 1867 |
| Inscription: | Signed
'S. Read 1867' lower left |
| Image Size: | 44.5 x 63.5 cm (17½ x 25 in) |
| Framed Size: | 72 x 90 cm (28¼ x 35½ in) |
| Provenance: | Private collection, London |
'Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, St James’s, London’ label on reverse |
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| Additional Information: | Exhibited at the Royal Academy
from 1843 and was elected an Associate of the (old)
Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1857 and became a Member in
1880 |
| Price: | £1,250 |
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