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Romney, George. (1734 - 1802) [ATTRIBUTED TO]. Religious scene with a figure and angels - Original Drawing.
Religious scene with a figure and angels. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash over graphite on laid paper, ca. 1790. Mounted to a larger sheet. 6.25 x 7 inches (15.5 x 1.77 cm).
Romney treated Miltonic subjects from as early as the 1770s. But in the early 1790s he fell into a prolonged and intense obsession with Paradise Lost. Instigated in part by his friend William Hayley’s new biography of the poet, his intention seems to have been to produce a series of paintings, ‘three where Satan is the hero, and three of Adam and Eve’ (Romney to Hayley). But as was the case with so many of Romney’s ‘Historical’ subjects, none of these works came to fruition. It is possible that the present work relates to this series.
Provenance: The Winfield Robbins print collection of Arlington, Massachusetts (stamped lower right).
Romney, George. (1734 - 1802) [ATTRIBUTED TO]. Religious scene with a figure and angels - Original Drawing.
Religious scene with a figure and angels. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash over graphite on laid paper, ca. 1790. Mounted to a larger sheet. 6.25 x 7 inches (15.5 x 1.77 cm).
Romney treated Miltonic subjects from as early as the 1770s. But in the early 1790s he fell into a prolonged and intense obsession with Paradise Lost. Instigated in part by his friend William Hayley’s new biography of the poet, his intention seems to have been to produce a series of paintings, ‘three where Satan is the hero, and three of Adam and Eve’ (Romney to Hayley). But as was the case with so many of Romney’s ‘Historical’ subjects, none of these works came to fruition. It is possible that the present work relates to this series.
Provenance: The Winfield Robbins print collection of Arlington, Massachusetts (stamped lower right).