Live Auction 15506Victorian Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Lot 16

Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

St Peter on the sea

Closed11 July 2018

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GBP 5,625

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Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
St Peter on the sea
signed and dated '1884/ SIMEON/ SOLOMON' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out on paper
15 7/8 x 13 ¾ in. (40.4 x 34.9 cm.)

with Maas Gallery, London.

Specialist note

A watercolour of this subject, described as Saint Peter engulfed was one of the first acquisitions of the recently formed Ben-Uri Society in 1919.  In 1933 it was donated to the Tel-Aviv Museum by Alfred Wolmark, on behalf of of the Ben-Uri, as a foundational work for the Museum (‘Works of Art for Palestine’ The Times 8 May 1933).