Live Auction 20038An Aesthetic Odyssey: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection
THOMAS MATTHEWS ROOKE, R.W.S. (1842-1942)
Lot 58

THOMAS MATTHEWS ROOKE, R.W.S. (1842-1942)

Herodias

Closed30 September 2021

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GBP 4,000

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THOMAS MATTHEWS ROOKE, R.W.S. (1842-1942)
Herodias
signed with initials and dated '1/8/9/9' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Herodias/ T M Rooke ARWS/ 1899' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on paper laid on card
15 7/8 x 10 in. (40.5 x 25.5 cm.)

with Abbott & Holder, London, November 1982, where purchased for the present collection.

Specialist note


Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas, who was ruler of Galilee, in northern Palestine, from 4 BC to AD 39. She conspired to arrange the execution of John the Baptist.