Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R.A. (1793-1865)
Lot 388

Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R.A. (1793-1865)

An Italian peasant girl asleep in the Campagna

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 3,250

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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R.A. (1793-1865)
An Italian peasant girl asleep in the Campagna
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'C.L.E. ROMA 1821' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17¼ x 12½ in. (43.9 x 31.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 30 November 1872, lot 125, one of two in lot (10 gns to Saunders).
B. Dawson, 1986, where acquired on 9 January 1986 by Simon Houfe.

Specialist note

The present painting is typical of Eastlake's work during his early years in Rome in which his sitters were often depicted asleep in beautiful classical landscapes. Other examples include Lord Byron's Dream (1827; Tate Gallery), Hagar and Ishmael (1830; Royal Academy, London) and A Peasant Woman Fainting from the Bite of a Serpent (1831; Victoria & Albert Museum, London).