Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne Simms Reeve (née Browne) of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk / Frederick Sandys
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- Accession Number
- 1987/1.158
- Title
- Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne Simms Reeve (née Browne) of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk
- Artist
- Frederick Sandys
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1829 - 1904
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Object Creation Date
- 1860
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.r.: AFS 1860
- Dimensions
- 68.58 cm x 58.42 cm x 5.08 cm (27 in. x 23 in. x 2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Half-length portrait of a young woman facing right with dark brown hair wearing a yellow satin dress. The upper part of her bodice is trimmed with black ribbons arranged in vertical stripes. She wears gold ovoid pendant earrings, and a strand of pearls in her hair. In the background are branches of oleander, and to the left of the sitter, is a panel of brocaded textile of late medieval design.
- Subject Matter
- The precise identification of the sitter is a bit problematic, but there is much evidence to suggest she is Anne Simms Reeve, the sister of Philip Bedingfeld, LLP, JP of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, and daughter of William Browne of Tichwell, Norfolk, who married B. Simms Reeve, Q.C. of nearby Brancaster in 1854.
- Like many of the Pre-Raphaelite artists with whom he associated, Sandys had a penchant for 15th-16th-century Flemish and German art, which is evidenced by the meticulous attention to detail, crisp delineation of forms, highly-finished enamel-like surface, along with the lush brocade and exotic foliage in the background of this panel painting.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 993 x 1397
- File Size
- 87 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.158
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"Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne Simms Reeve (née Browne) of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk; Frederick Sandys." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.158/1987_1.158.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
