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Simeon Solomon (British, 1840-1905) Naomi and the Child Obed
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Simeon Solomon (British, 1840-1905) Naomi and the Child Obed signed with monogram and dated '29 6/61' (lower left) oil on canvas 60 x 48cm (23 5/8 x 18 7/8in). Footnotes: Provenance Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 1970 (according to inscription on the reverse). Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 9 April 1974, lot 78. Literature Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament, London, 1881. Aley Fox, Art Pictures from the Old Testament and Our Lord's Parables, 1894, p. 143, illustrated. Colin Cruise, Love Revealed – Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, 2005, p. 87. Ruth, Naomi and the Child Obed was based on a pen and ink drawing of the same subject made by Solomon in 1860 (Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery). The compositions differ little, other than that Solomon simplified the background for the oil painting and placed the open window in the opposite corner. Around 1863 Solomon used the same composition as the oil painting for one of the woodcuts for the famous illustrated Bible which was to be published by the Brothers Dalziel – one of the most significant illustrative ventures of the Aesthetic Movement. The Weekly Chronicle reported on 24 January 1861 'Mr. Simeon Solomon is engaged on a picture of Ruth and Naomi.' (p.2) On 4 May the art correspondent for Sheffield Independent stated that he had 'been unable to complete his Ruth and Naomi' (p.10) in time for the opening of the Royal Academy summer exhibition that year. A date on the painting states that it was complete by 29 June that same year. The fact that Solomon was able to use colour in this oil painting, rather than the monochrome pen and ink drawing and the woodcut, meant that he was able to differentiate the ethnicity of the two women. He gave Ruth the Moabite, a dark complexion in contrast to her mother-in-law Naomi, an Israelite. The date of the painting and the dark skin of Ruth suggest that the model was Fanny Eaton (1835-1924), a Jamaican-born woman who had a brief career in London as an artist's model in the early 1860s. She appears in A Young Teacher by Simeon's sister Rebecca Solomon also painted in 1861 and Simeon's The Mother of Moses of 1860 (Delaware Art Gallery, Wilmington). The theme of maternity and the Biblical subject and setting links The Mother of Moses with Ruth, Naomi and the Child Obed and the fact that they are identical in size suggests that they were intended as a pair. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Simeon Solomon (British, 1840-1905) Naomi and the Child Obed signed with monogram and dated '29 6/61' (lower left) oil on canvas 60 x 48cm (23 5/8 x 18 7/8in). Footnotes: Provenance Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 1970 (according to inscription on the reverse). Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 9 April 1974, lot 78. Literature Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament, London, 1881. Aley Fox, Art Pictures from the Old Testament and Our Lord's Parables, 1894, p. 143, illustrated. Colin Cruise, Love Revealed – Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, 2005, p. 87. Ruth, Naomi and the Child Obed was based on a pen and ink drawing of the same subject made by Solomon in 1860 (Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery). The compositions differ little, other than that Solomon simplified the background for the oil painting and placed the open window in the opposite corner. Around 1863 Solomon used the same composition as the oil painting for one of the woodcuts for the famous illustrated Bible which was to be published by the Brothers Dalziel – one of the most significant illustrative ventures of the Aesthetic Movement. The Weekly Chronicle reported on 24 January 1861 'Mr. Simeon Solomon is engaged on a picture of Ruth and Naomi.' (p.2) On 4 May the art correspondent for Sheffield Independent stated that he had 'been unable to complete his Ruth and Naomi' (p.10) in time for the opening of the Royal Academy summer exhibition that year. A date on the painting states that it was complete by 29 June that same year. The fact that Solomon was able to use colour in this oil painting, rather than the monochrome pen and ink drawing and the woodcut, meant that he was able to differentiate the ethnicity of the two women. He gave Ruth the Moabite, a dark complexion in contrast to her mother-in-law Naomi, an Israelite. The date of the painting and the dark skin of Ruth suggest that the model was Fanny Eaton (1835-1924), a Jamaican-born woman who had a brief career in London as an artist's model in the early 1860s. She appears in A Young Teacher by Simeon's sister Rebecca Solomon also painted in 1861 and Simeon's The Mother of Moses of 1860 (Delaware Art Gallery, Wilmington). The theme of maternity and the Biblical subject and setting links The Mother of Moses with Ruth, Naomi and the Child Obed and the fact that they are identical in size suggests that they were intended as a pair. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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