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November 2021 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sunset, 1879 or 1881, Oil on canvas. The Clark Art Institute, 1955.602.

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Saint John the Baptist preaching in the Wilderness Oil on canvas 85 x 56⅝ in. (216 x 144 cm.)

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The Abbé Reynard, Paris, by the late 1760s.

Acquired from him by Sir Joshua Reynolds, PRA, in 1768, on behalf of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin (1727-1778), and by inheritance at Temple Newsam House, Yorkshire, and elsewhere to the previous owner.

SELECTED LITERATURE:

Inventario della regia Pinacoteca di Torino descritta nel 1635, ‘San Giovanni Battista nudo al deserto, con bocca aperta, figura intiera. Di Guido Reni. De’ migliori. A. p[iedi liprandi] 3 ½; L. p. 2 ½.’

A Catalogue of the Pictures at Templenewsam, Ms., 4 March 1808, no. 10 ‘Guido – St. John preaching in the wilderness, size of nature … it has been engraved’ (hanging in the Gallery).

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 332 ‘Guido Reni – John the Baptist; whole-length figure’.

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Anon. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Vol. 28, no. 61).

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This painting, which is in exceptional condition, and in which Reni’s distinctive touch is evident throughout, along with very prominent pentimenti, displays many of the qualities for which the art of ‘the divine Guido’ has always been esteemed. The painting was held in exceptional regard during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, being valued in 1808 at the considerable sum of 600 guineas. Hidden in a private collection since then, it is yet to be fully published.

On stylistic grounds it may be dated around 1631/2, which is confirmed by its absence from the Turin inventory of 1631 but presence in that of 1635. It thus anticipates the well-known painting of the same subject, of very different character, in the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Several copies of the painting are known, and the influence of the composition is evident in the work of several later painters. Those include Sir Joshua Reynolds, who acquired it for an ancestor of the previous owner in September/October 1768, and whose more youthful Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness was underway in in December 1770, though not exhibited until 1776. A red chalk drawing which would appear to be a study for the torso of the Baptist in this painting was sold in an auction in New York in 2011.

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Indian & Islamic Art: 21 – 30 October East Asian Art: 28 October – 6 November

INDIAN AND ISLAMIC ART – SOME HIGHLIGHTS For the second year running the Asian Art in London programme will be divided into two overlapping phases. This, the 24th iteration of AAL, will begin with a focus on Indian and Islamic art on 21st October, with East Asian art events commencing a week later on the 28th (with some dealers and salerooms inevitably selling in both categories). This celebration of Asian art will embrace ancient and modern works from the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Central Asia, China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

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Indian & Islamic Art: 21 – 30 October East Asian Art: 28 October – 6 November

EAST ASIAN WORKS OF ART – SOME HIGHLIGHTS

Geometric panel.

China, Ming dynasty, 15th century. Silk brocade, 70 by 65 cm.

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A carved Yaozhou ware bowl. China, Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127). Ceramic, diameter 9.5 cm. LITTLETON & HENNESSEY ASIAN ART, 1 PRINCES PLACE, SW1

Vase, by Yonezawa Hisashi. c.1960. Ceramic, width 32 cm.

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Head of Buddha Sakyamuni.

Thailand, Chang Mai Lan Na kingdom, 15th century. Bronze, height 40 cm.

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A carved treasure box. China, Qianlong (1736–95). Cinnabar lacquer, width 21 cm. SWORDERS, 15 CECIL COURT, SW2

A pair of famille rose fish bowls. China, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723–35). Ceramic, diameter 62 cm.

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The Prize was awarded to Padraig Regan, who chose to write about Ambera Wellmann’s solo exhibition UnTurning at MAC, Belfast. The judges were particularly impressed by Padraig’s ability to combine art-historical analysis with evocative language. In particular they remarked on their ‘ability to position the act of painting as a physical experience’. You can read their winning entry on Burlington Contemporary. contemporary.burlington.org.uk/reviews/reviews/ ambera-wellmann-unturning

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