Master Ward

George Romney

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George Romney

Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (United Kingdom), 1734 - Kendal, Westmorland (United Kingdom), 1802

Master Ward

1771 - 1773. Oil on canvas.
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The young gentleman is depicted seated on a stone with his dog beside him and a landscape with a river behind. Romney offers a pleasing image of childhood, captured with a simple, humane touch characteristic of this painter. The portrait has a Neo-classical air with a refined elegance much appreciated by the British aristocracy. The identity of the sitter is uncertain but he may be a member of the families of the Earls of Dudley or Viscounts of Bangor.

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Inventory number: P003013
Author: George Romney
Title: Master Ward
Date: 1771 - 1773
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 126 cm; Width: 102 cm
Provenance: Ward Family Collection, Charlton House (Kent), 1931; acquired by Leggatt Brothers, London, 1931; Goadey Loew, New York, 1931 - 1956; acquired by Leggatt Brothers, London, 1956 -1957; acquired by the Patronato of the Prado Museum, 1957.
Entry date: 1957

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Retratos ingleses en el Museo del Prado, Goya, 24, 1958, pp. 345.

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Adquisiciones del Museo del Prado (1956-1962), Archivo Español de Arte, XXXV, 1962, pp. 319.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Principales adquisiciones de los últimos diez años: 1958-1968, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1969, pp. 45.

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 570.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 572.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996.

Kidson, Alex, George Romney. A complete catalogue of his paintings, II, Yale University Press, New Haven; Londres, 2015, pp. 608 n.1373.

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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 1836.
Autor, Georg Romney / 1836. Asunto, retrato de Master Ward / Lienzo, 126 x 102 cms. / Nº del catálogo, 3013. / Adquirido por el patronato en Londres a Leggatt Brothers en 160.986 pts, en 1957