Mary Sargant Florence

Lot 295: MARY SARGENT FLORENCE, BRITISH 1857-1954

Name: MARY SARGENT FLORENCE, BRITISH 1857-1954
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: opvymo6sx9

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJanuary 21, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed and dated 92

LOVE'S BAUBLES

Dimensions

53x133cm.; 21x52 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Mary Sargant Florence

Medium

oil on canvas laid down on board, unframed

Exhibited

New York, National Association of Design, 1892

Provenance

Holly McLennan, 1892

Notes

Mary Sargant studied in Paris under Luc-Oliver Merson and at the Slade under Legros. She married Henry Smyth Florence, a musician, in 1888. She specialised in fresco painting and was a member of the Society of Mural Decorators as well as the NEAC.

This work, a rare oil by the artist, derives its subject from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sonnet Love's Baubles.

Auction Details

British and Continental Pictures

Sotheby's

January 21, 2004, 12:00 AM WET

Hammersmith Road, London, LDN, W14 8UX, UK

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