William Blundell Spence

British, 1814 - 1900

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In a wide, arched panel, a bearded man wearing a crown places another crown on the head of a woman. To our right, the woman bows her head with her eyes nearly closed and crosses her wrists over her chest. A white cloak covers her head, drapes over her shoulders, and pools in deep folds around her feet. The cloak is lined with pine green, and she wears a shell-pink dress. To our left, the man has shoulder-length, curly gray hair and a beard. His robe is dark rose pink, and the cloak is azure blue lined with pine green. Two winged angels have brown hair, short, white wings, and wear voluminous white robes. They stand to either side of the man and woman and hold up a swag of raspberry-red cloth hung with gold tassels. All the people have pale, peachy skin. Winged baby heads encircled with gold rays create an arch behind the man and woman, who sit on clouds. The background is pale blue sky.
Filippino Lippi, The Coronation of the Virgin, c. 1475, tempera and oil on poplar panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1943.4.36

The Coronation of the Virgin

Filippino Lippi · c. 1475 · tempera and oil on poplar panel ·  Accession ID  1943.4.36

Benozzo Gozzoli, The Raising of Lazarus, mid 1490s, oil (?) on canvas, Widener Collection, 1942.9.24

The Raising of Lazarus

Benozzo Gozzoli · mid 1490s · oil (?) on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.9.24

Master of the Griselda Legend, Joseph of Egypt, c. 1490/1495, oil on panel transferred to canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.2

Joseph of Egypt

Master of the Griselda Legend · c. 1490/1495 · oil on panel transferred to canvas ·  Accession ID  1952.5.2

Bibliography

1979

  • Fleming, John. "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento II" The Burlington Magazine 121 no. 917 (August 1979):493-508

  • Fleming, John. "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento. Part 3," The Burlington Magazine 121 no. 918 (September 1979):569-580.

1985

  • Levi, Donata. "William Blundell Spence e Firenze," Studi e ricerche di collezionismo e museografia a Firenze, 1820-1920. Pisa, 1985:87-178