1961.46: Study for "The Combat"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1961.46

People

William Etty, British (York, England 1787 - 1849 York, England)
Previously attributed to Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)

Title

Study for "The Combat"

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished - an Ideal Group

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1821-c. 1825

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228028

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

43.2 × 53.3 cm (17 × 21 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. W. [?] Wass, 1849. Possibly Charles Wass, London dealer?
G. R. Burnett, ?, Sold to Long at Christie's, London, 1882.
Long, London?, Purchased from G. R. Burnett at Christie's, Lond, 1882. The painting was no. 99 in the Burnett sale. Long paid 10 guineas (£10.50)
G. R. Burnett, London, Sold to Schroeder at Christie's, London, 1908.
Schroedel Verlag, London?, Purchased from Burnett at Christie's, London, 1908. Object was no. 274 in Burnett sale. Sold as The Combat, 25 1/2 x 30", possibly including frame. Schroeder paid 14 guineas (£14.70)
Briton Rivière, London, Sold to "Bunny" at Riviere estate sale, 1920.
Bunny, London?, Purchased at Rivière sale, Christie's, London, 1920. The work was no. 35 in the sale; Bunny paid 14 guineas (£14.70). Bunny may have been a code name for the purchaser.
Leonard G. Duke, London?, 1952.
Appleby Bros., London, Purchased from Duke?, 1952, 1953.
Julius H. Weitzner, New York, NY, Sold to R. R. Endicott.
Robert Rantoul Endicott, Purchased from Julius Weitzner, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Rantoul Endicott

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

1961.46

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Dennis Farr, William Etty, Routledge and Paul (London, England, 1958), no. 48b, repr. no. 21b
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 106; repr. as no. 41

Exhibition History

• Unidentified Exhibition, RISD Museum of Art, 1957, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 11/28/1956 - 01/02/1957

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