Live Auction 5491Old Masters & 19th Century Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 49

Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A (Plympton 1723-1792 London)

King Lear against a stormy sky, in a crimson mantle trimmed with ermine, in a feigned oval

Closed28 April 2010

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GBP 4,000

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Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A (Plympton 1723-1792 London)
King Lear against a stormy sky, in a crimson mantle trimmed with ermine, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 24 7/8 in. (76.2 x 63.2 cm.)

Specialist note

The present work is after the picture in a private collection, and possibly the version that Mannings refers to as a "very competent studio copy" (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 542, no. 2100a).