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Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from “Twelfth Night”
George RomneyLinkedCulture matchlcp-d068a68746a6
- Date
- c. 1776
- Medium
- Black chalk and charcoal on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 186402
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
George Romney’s reputation as a portraitist rivaled that of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, the leading figures of 18th-century British painting. Romney’s true ambition to be a history painter, however, was not fully realized until the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery was opened in 1786. This drawing is one of hundreds by Romney, most of which are in pen and wash, illustrating Shakespeare, Milton, and Greco-Roman mythology. The artist’s sweeping gestures with pen and wash emphasize the struggle and loss brought on by the shipwreck in the opening act of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night .
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- Alfred A. de Pass (1861–1953), London and Falmouth [stamps (Lugt 108a) recto, lower right, in black (twice)]; presented to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro, 1928; sold, Christie’s, Feb. 22, 1966, lot 33 (one of five in lot), to Agnew’s, London. Private collection, from 1966. Sold by Agnew’s, London, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA, Nov. 15, 2002 [invoice]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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