Live Auction 14232Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Thomas Matthews Rooke, R.W.S. (1842-1942)
Lot 12 The Property of a Pre-Raphaelite Collector

Thomas Matthews Rooke, R.W.S. (1842-1942)

A young girl playing a flageolet

Closed11 July 2017

Price Realised

GBP 10,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Thomas Matthews Rooke, R.W.S. (1842-1942)
A young girl playing a flageolet
signed with monogram and dated '1884' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 9 ¼ in. (65.4 x 23.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 July 1974, lot 78.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 28 January 1975, lot 81, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Although Rooke is probably best known for his topographical watercolours, he painted a number of figure subjects in oils, mainly during the early part of his career when he was Burne-Jones's studio assistant. Rooke's oil technique of glazing colours over a well-established underpainting owed much to Burne-Jones, whose spirit pervades the present work.