La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman)

Artists

Dimensions

46 x 35.9 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Albert Wood (1876-1936), sold; [through Sotheby’s, London, October 20, 1936, lot 57, £68]; to L. Thomas Agnew (1936-?), sold; [to Arnold Seligman & Trevor, London (by 1937), sold]; to Grenville L. Winthrop (1937-1943), bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Notes: 1. Although it was originally thought that the work was painted in 1876 for William J. Stillman, the father of the subject, recent scholarship suggests that it was actually painted for Albert Wood. In Volume I of the 2010 Ford Madox Brown catalogue raisonné Mary Bennett quotes from a letter written by Ford Madox Brown to Charles Rowley in 1876 and includes an excerpt from the artist’s account book, both of which identify Albert Wood as the intended original recipient. In addition, the artist’s account book states that the painting was to be given to Albert Wood in exchange for Ford Madox Brown’s painting “The English Boy” (1860, Manchester Art Gallery, 1932.10).