William Etty

Description William Etty R.A. (1787-1849) Nude study Oil on board 56 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in) Exhibited: York, Corporation Art Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures by the late William Etty R.A., 1910, No. 75. Provenance: John Car Esq., Repton, bought at his sale for £45; F. G. Mayne, 4 St. George's Row, York; Frankham Gallery, Tunbridge Wells; The Collection of a Lady of Title. Areas of craqueleure/ shrinkage casuing minor areas of paint loss, some scuffing/scratching to peripheral areas, some old retouchings visible under UV light.

Lot 126 William Etty English, 1787-1849 Standing Female Nude Oil on millboard 22 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches (57.8 x 43.8 cm) Painted circa 1845 Provenance: J.S. Maas & Son, Ltd, London Exhibited: Etty Centenary Exhibition , York. 1949 C Estimate $5,000-7,000 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

LOT 186 A PAIR OF PAINTINGS: "MALE NUDE FIGURES HAULING ROPE," WILLIAM ETTY, R.A., WILLIAM ETTY, R.A. Studies of Male Nude Figures Hauling a Rope: A Pair one, with a copy of a Rembrandt self-portrait on the verso one, oil on mill board on panel; the other oil on panel each: 12 1/2 by 14 in.; 31.8 by 35.6 cm.

LOT 138 SOLD BY THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM TO BENEFIT FUTURE PAINTINGACQUISITIONS WILLIAM ETTY, R.A. YORK 1787-1849 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE oil on paper, mounted on masonite 6,000—8,000 USD 17 5/8 by 21 in.; 44.8 by 53.3 cm. Philip A. Cohen, Esq., London;His (deceased) sale, London, Christie's, 15 July 1938, lot 7;Where acquired by Mr. J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), Malibu and SuttonPlace;Distributed to The J. Paul Getty Museum from the Estate of J. PaulGetty, 1978, and accessioned by the museum in 1999.

William Etty, R.A. (1787-1849) Venus and her Satellites (Venus at her toilet) oil on panel 31¾ x 43½ in. (80.6 x 111 cm.) VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on thebuyer's premium. PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR Chapman Bros; sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1913, lot 67(20 gns. to Mitchell). Galeria de Londres, Buenos Aires. Domingo Edwards II, Santiago, Chile, by 1935 and by descent. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 February 1989, lot 47,(sold for $35,000) where acquired by the present owner. D. Farr, William Etty, London, 1958, pl. 56, illustrates theRoyal Academy version. Dennis Farr (op. cit.) lists two other versions of thiscomposition, both on panel. The first was exhibited at the RoyalAcademy in 1835 and was subsequently recorded in the collection ofAnthony Devas. The second is in the collection of the City ArtGallery, York. Farr describes the figures in the R.A. version as falling into a'smooth elliptical composition, with those of Mars and aRaphaelesque Homeric musician acting as repoussoirs ... the armsand bodies of the figures form a sinewy internal pattern, rathermore complex than before ... Blond in tone, the painting issuffused with light, and the white-clad Venus acts as a focal pointaround which the darker colours of her attendants' robes areassembled. The woman holding Mars's shield has an amethyst robe,while the three Graces form a pattern of yellow, pink andultramarine; the musician's brown mantle balances the more sombretones of Mars's armour' (loc. cit. pp. 73-4).