Woman in a Chair, her Head resting on her Hand

Woman in a Chair, her Head resting on her Hand

£625

Hunt regularly used his relatives as models, and this beautiful, richly modulated study of light and shade possibly portrays Hunt's sister-in-law Maria, who was married to the artist's elder brother, Thomas James Hunt.

Dimensions:

Height 12 cm / 4 34"
Width 9.5 cm / 3 34"
Framed height 27.5 cm / 11"
Framed width 22.5 cm / 9"
Year

c.1830

Medium

Graphite

Signed

Reitlinger Collection stamp

Provenance

Henry Scipio Reitlinger Collection, possibly his sale Sotheby's, 9th December 1953, Arnold Fellows Collection no. 445

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