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After William Hogarth

1697 – London – 1764

A Chorus of Singers – after the engraving „The Oratorio of Judith“, 1732. Circa 1740

Oil on canvas. 143 × 112 cm (56 ¼ × 44 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: After William Hogarth. A Chorus of Singers – after the engraving „The Oratorio of Judith“, 1732. Circa 1740.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,830

 

- 9,100

Sold for:

27,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Oil on canvas. 143 × 112 cm (56 ¼ × 44 ⅛ in.). On the reverse label on stretcher: The Village Choir - Wm. Hogarth - an important work / Oratorio 'Judith' written by Will. Huggins - music by Will. Defesch / Ark. Gavel / William Hogarth Dec 1732 - a chorus of singers - Rehearseal of Oratorio "Judith" performed Feb 16th 1732 at Lincoln Inn Fields / attached illustration of the engraving which inspired the painting / round stamp burned into the frame: J.P. Larsson • Stockholm • 1945. Relined. Framed

Related literature: John Trusler (ed.): The Work of William Hogarth. In A Series of Engravings, with Descriptions and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency, London 1833, ill. 14, p. 53–54 / Elizabeth Einberg and Judy Egerton: The Age of Hogarth. British painters born 1675–1709, exh. cat., London 1988 / Ronald Paulson: Hogarth's Graphic Works, London 1989, no. 127 and 133.

We would like to thank Elizabeth Einberg, London, and Werner Busch, Berlin, for the valuable information provided..

November 1948 Rapps Konsthandel, Stockholm / 1948 collection of the architect Rickard Gavel (born 1905) Saltsjöbaden, Sweden / private collection, Denmark / 2002 private collection, northern Germany