Attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA

Attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, FRS, FRSA (1723-1792)

Study for Cymon & Iphigenia

Oil on canvas

15.5 x 23.4cm; 6 x 9¼in

Provenance:

Possibly Giuseppe Marchi (1735-1808), Reynolds' assistant;

Possibly his sale, Messrs. Squibb, London, 30 June 1808, lot 71 or 72 (Four Studies by Sir Joshua Reynolds), where purchased by Thomas Moore Slade, Old Bond Street, London;

Collection of Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (1801-1884);

His sale, Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, London, 15 July 1885, lot 199 (Sir Joshua Reynolds, Studies 2, Dido and Cymon & Iphigenia);

Purchased from the above by Lloyd;

Private Oxford Collection until purchased by the present owner

The present work is possibly an oil sketch for the prime version in the Royal Collection (inv. no.RCIN 404695).