Marianne StokesCandlemas Day c.1901

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Artwork details

Artist
Marianne Stokes (1855‑1927)
Title
Candlemas Day
Date c.1901
MediumTempera on wood
Dimensionssupport: 416 x 340 mm frame: 548 x 474 x 57 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1977
Reference
T02108
Not on display

Catalogue entry

T02108 CANDLEMAS DAY c.1901

Inscribed with the artist's monogram ‘M.S.’ b.l.
Tempera on mahogany panel prepared with gesso, 16 3/8 × 13 3/8 (417 × 341)
Purchased from the Fine Art Society under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest 1977
Prov: Bt.C.M. Moore from the RA, 1901; no further record until with Abbot & Holder 1969; bt. Fine Art Society; sold A. Ballard 1970; sold Sotheby's Belgravia 10 April 1973 (183); Bt. Jeremy Mass; sold John Anderson; Fine Art Society 1973.
Exh: RA, 1901 (504); The Pre-Raphaelite Influence, Maas Gallery, June–July 1973 (19); RA, May–August 1977 (28)
Lit: Alice Meynell, ‘Mrs Adrian Stokes’, Magazine of Art, 1901, pp.241–6; Wilfred Meynell, Art Journal, 1900. pp.193–8
Repr: Royal Academy Pictures, 1901, p… (read more)

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