The Attitudes of Lady Hamilton, 1791

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 19.7 x 32.2 cm (7 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1988.14.1

Artists / Makers

Pietro Antonio Novelli (artist) Venetian, 1729 - 1804

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: lower left in black ink: Pietro Antonio Novelli Veneto dis.; by other hand, lower center in graphite: attitudes ofL'.Hamilton.; lower right in brown ink: 3; verso: none

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

(Sale, Christie's, 6 July 1977, lot 69); Kunsthandel Bellinger, Munich, 1987; purchased by NGA, 1988.

Associated Names

Kunsthandel Bellinger

Exhibition History

1996: Vases and Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection, British Museum, London, 1996, no. 159.

2024: Sir William e Lady Hamilton, Gallerie d'Italia-Napoli, Naples, 2024-2025, pp. 142, 146, no. III.6, repro.

Bibliography

1977: Kunsthandel Bellinger (Katrin Krass), MASTER DRAWINGS, 1987, no.38.

1996: Jenkins, Ian, and Kim Sloan. Vases and Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection. Exh. cat. British Museum, London, 1996, no. 159.

1998: Van de Sandt, Udolpho. "Le 'Attitudini' di Lady Hamilton, Emma Hart a Venezia nel 1791." Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'Arte 22 (1998), 307, 308, fig. 8.

2005: Prettejohn, Elizabeth. Beauty & Art, 1750-2000 Oxford, 2005: 37-38, fig. 19.

2024: Leone, Francesco, and Mazzocca, Fernando, editors. Sir William e Lady Hamilton. Exh. cat. Gallerie d'Italia, Naples, 2024: no. III.6, 142-143, color repro.