Ancient Italy: Ovid Banished From Rome
Represented work of art
Material
Dimensions0.945 x 1.250 (37 1/ 4 x 49 1/4 inches ), 94.5 by 125cms
Provenance
- Collections: Bought at the Royal Academy in 1838 by H. A. J. Munro of Novar, the leading buyer of Turner's work during the 1830's and '40's ; Munro sale, Christie's, April 6th, 1878 (96) 5, 200 guineas, bought Agnew's ; Kirkman Hodgson M. P. ; Bought Back from him by Agnew's in 1893 and sold to Messers. Sedelmeyer of Paris ; remained in the collection of the Groult family of Paris France, until the present day.
Exhibition history
- Agnew's Painting in England 1630-1870 exhibition, June -July 1973 (24); Royal Academy of Arts, 1838 (192)
Publication history
- The Athenaeum, May 1838. The Times, April 4th, 1878. W. Thornbury The Life of Turner 1877, p. 578. George Redford Art Sales 1888, Volume I, p. 270. Alfred Stevens in Magazine of Art xvii, 1894, pages xxxvi, xliv. Camille Pissarro Letters to his son Lucien edited by John Rewald no date P. 242 (1894). Sedelmeyer Gallery Illustrated Catalogue of 100 Paintings of Old Masters 1894, No. 98, p. 114 (repr. ). C. F. Bell The Exhibited Works of J. M. W. Turner, Royal Academy of Arts , 1901. P. 135, No. 210. Sir Walter Armstrong Turner, 1902, p. 233 where it is stated that the picture was painted for Munro; The Works of John Ruskin, Library Edition Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, 1903-1912, Vol III, p. 241. W. G. Rawlinson The Engraved Work of J. M. W. Turner Vol. II, 1913, pp. 206, 208, 338, 358 ; A. J. Finberg The Life of J. M. W. Turner 2nd Edition, 1961, pp. 370, 392, No. 480. John Rothenstein and Martin Butlin Turner 1964 p. 56. Jack Lindsay J. M. W. Turner: A Critical Biography, 1966, p. 184. John Gage, Colour in Turner, 1969, p. 269.
Previous owner
Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd.
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd.
Negative NumberA2879
Archival context
Object numberPA-F05908-0057
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:PA-F05908
- Item:Ancient Italy: Ovid Banished From Rome
ClassificationsArchival Document
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