George (1700) Lambert

Lot 181: George Lambert (London 1700-1765)

Name: George Lambert (London 1700-1765)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 98c67200cc

Est: £15,000 GBP - £20,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 16, 2010

Item Overview

Description

George Lambert (London 1700-1765)
Classical landscape with a tomb and figures by a lake
signed and dated 'G.Lambert 1729' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35 x 43½ in. (88.9 x 110.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

George (1700) Lambert

Exhibited

London, The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, George Lambert 1700-1765, 1970, no. 3.

Literature

H. Shipp, 'Eighteenth-century British Landscape', Apollo, December 1954, p. 156.
PhD thesis, Göttingen, 1992, Osnabrück.
M.-L., Schnackenburg, Der Englische Landschaftmaler George Lambert, 1995, pp. 44-6, 79, no. 3, fig. 3
E. Einberg, 'Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of George Lambert', Walpole Society, LXIII, p. 128, no. P1729.

Provenance

With John Mitchell, London, 1954.
Acquired by Sir Sydney Barratt for Summerhill, Staffordshire and later installed at Crowe Hall, Bath, 1961 and by descent.

Notes

This painting has been described as 'Lambert's most confident composition in the Gaspardesque style to date' (E. Einberg, op. cit.).

Auction Details

The Barratt Collection - from Crowe Hall, Bath

Christie's

December 16, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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