Stage Set With Paintings And Statues

Robert Caney

Associated Names
Robert Caney

Artist, British, 1847 - 1911

This is a painting of an ornate stage set with sculptures and draperies. The scene features two large knight statues on pedestals, each holding banners, surrounded by ornamental designs and lions at their base. Behind them is a backdrop depicting a central oval portrait, flanked by classical figures in flowing robes with gold accents. The background also shows scenes of horsemen in action. The composition is framed by deep pink drapery with golden embellishments, following the style of historical European theatrical set designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.9 x 36.5 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.83

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

probably Miss Dinah Caney (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1973, part of lot 299); (bought by Christopher Powney); Finchden Manor, Tenterden, Kent; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1977; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 168 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 15

Wikidata ID

Q64628868

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