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Sir David Wilkie, R.A. 1785-1841.
Study for 'The Bride at her Toilet on the day of her Wedding'.
Pen and brown ink, with artist’s notes verso.
8.6 by 6.8 cm., 3 ¼ by 2 ½ in.
Provenance:
Bought at the Gerald Norman Gallery, London,
March 1976;
By descent until 2019.
The present lively drawing is a study for an oil painting, now in the National Galleries of Scotland which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1838.
Wilkie was a superb draughtsman, whose technique was heavily influenced by the work of earlier 17th century, particularly Dutch old masters, such as Rembrandt and Rubens.
It was characteristic of Wilkie’s practice, that he produced numerous sketches and studies, both rapid, slight sketches to more carefully worked up compositional studies, when working out the compositions of his paintings.
He worked in a range of media from highly finished coloured drawings, to rapid pencil studies to lively compositional studies in pen and ink, such as the present work.
Dimensions
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