COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1979.81
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Sandys, Frederick
Creator Nationality:
European; British
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1829 - 1904
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Frederick Sandys
Title:
Mrs. Susanna Rose
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1862
Creation Start Date:
1862
Creation End Date:
1862
Materials and Techniques:
oil on wood
Dimensions:
Unframed: 35cm x 28cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1979.81
Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Inscriptions:
signed lower left: 1862 / FAS [in monogram]; inscribed upper left: Susanna Rose / Born 1795.
Context:
This carefully painted portrait, with its sitter placed against decorative fabric, a window, and coats of arms, has all the qualities of Renaissance portraits, such as those of the German painter Hans Holbein. The revival of old art forms was a hallmarkof the Pre-Raphaelite movement.The artist was a close friend of the Rose family. In 1862, the date of this portrait, Sandys traveled to the Netherlands with the son of the sitter, Susanna Rose (1795-1870).
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1979.81.tif
