Collection
Girolamo Nerli
(Italy, Australia, New Zealand 21 Feb 1860–24 Jun 1926)
- Title
- An old woman (study)
- Other titles:
- An old woman, Florence
A Study
Portrait of an Old Lady - Place of origin
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Florence →
Italy
- Year
- (early 1880s)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
50.3 x 40.1cm stretcher; 80.0 x 70.5 x 8.5 cm rame
- Signature & date
- Signed c.r., red oil "G. Nerli". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1890
- Accession number
- 578
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (11)
-
Edmund Capon and Ursula Prunster, Face to face: Australian portraits 1986, Sydney, 1986, (illus.). cat.no. 1
Betty Currie, Girolamo Pieri Nerli (1863-1926) 1976, Melbourne, 1976, 12, 17, (illus.).
Michael Dunn, Nerli: an Italian painter in the South Pacific, 'Nerli's paintings', pg. 18-54, Auckland, 2005, 18-19, 58, 59 (colour illus.). plate no. 2
Michael Dunn, Nerli - An exhibition of paintings & drawings 1988, 'The art of Girolamo Nerli 1860-1926', pg. 11-24, Dunedin, 1988, 12, 31, 83, 96 (illus.), 97. cat.no. 1; titled 'Portrait of an Old Lady'; dated 1880s
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1891 1891, Sydney, 1891. cat.no. 224
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899 1899, Sydney, 1899. cat.no. 280
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1893 1893, Sydney, 1893. cat.no. 342
Roger Neill, Robert Louis Stevenson and Count Nerli in Samoa: the story of a portrait, 'Un tantino troppo di bravura', pg. 26-39, England, 1997, 27, 28 (illus.), 29. fig.no. 3
Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 152.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin 01 Dec 1900, Sydney, 01 Dec 1900. not paginated.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 70] Mar 1938, Sydney, Mar 1938, 60 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Italian artists working in 19th century Australia (1993), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 24 Sep 1993–21 Nov 1993
