Allen Smith Seated above the Arno comtemplating Florence
François-Xavier Fabre
- Art Funded
- 1985
- Dimensions
- 69 x 89 cm
- Vendor
- Executors of Mrs K A J Clarke
A composition chosen by the sitter and derived from a portrait of Goethe by Tischbein.
Smith, a tourist in Italy, sits in the foreground amidst classical ruins while the city and hills rise in the distance. Signed and dated.
Provenance
Henry Sinclair, Dalky Lodge, Dublin; sold Christie's; bt. Agnew's; Charles Clarke by descent to Louis Clarke; J.Stephenson Clarke; Mrs K.A.J. Clarke (on loan to the Fitzwilliam from 1980).