George Morland (British, 1763-1804) Fragmentary Oil Sketch of a Man and Woman in a Landscape

Description:

George Morland (British, 1763-1804)

Fragmentary Oil Sketch of a Man and Woman in a Landscape
Unsigned, identified on a label from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 11 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (28.3 x 31.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Trimmed and lined, craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Collection of Miss Mary Lee Ware (1858-1937),by bequest to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1937, as Study of Two Heads; deaccessioned on September 24, 1992; to Christie's New York, European Works of Art, Tapestries, and Furniture, January 13, 1993, Sale 7397, Lot 479, as Man and Woman in a Landscape (fragment), through to the estate of the current owner.

Literature: Alexandra R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1985),p. 213.
Estimate $400-600


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