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The Connoisseur and Tired Boy

1776
18th C.
Europe, England
12-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. (32.4 x 24.78 cm) (plate)

By (primary)
Philip Dawe English, 1750–1809
Published by
R. Sayer & J. Bennett English, active 18th century
After
Henry Robert Morland English, c. 1675–1797

Medium: Mezzotint

Credit Line: Robert E. and Mary B. P. Gross Fund

Accession Number: 2013.2

Object Label

Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Ph.D., Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator and Director of the Curatorial Fellowship Program, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University:
This print presents a highborn connoisseur obsessing over the fine details of a gloomy landscape painting. He remains oblivious to his servant’s boredom, and the youth’s grotesque yawn mocks the principles of politeness and civility that supposedly were the hallmarks of gentleman connoisseurs.

Provenance

Galerie Gerda Bassenge (dealer), Berlin, Germany; sold at auction to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 2012.

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