Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
John Berridge (Lincolnshire 1740-after 1804 ?)
Lot 108

John Berridge (Lincolnshire 1740-after 1804 ?)

Portrait of a girl, full-length, in an extensive landscape

Closed9 May 2018

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John Berridge (Lincolnshire 1740-after 1804 ?)
Portrait of a girl, full-length, in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
34 7/8 x 27 ¼ in. (88.6 x 69.3 cm.)

with James A. Lewis & Sons, New York, where acquired in December 1946 by Peggy and David Rockefeller, Four Winds, Livingston, New York.

Specialist note

In or around 1756 John Berridge became a pupil and assistant in the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The frontal pose of this charming portrait likely draws inspiration from the sympathetic portraits of children that Reynolds painted in the period.