Title
An old woman (study)
(early 1880s)
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- An old woman, Florence
A Study
Portrait of an Old Lady - Place where the work was made
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Florence
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Italy
- Date
- (early 1880s)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 50.3 x 40.1 cm stretcher; 80.0 x 70.5 x 8.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed c.r., red oil "G. Nerli". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1890
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 578
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Girolamo Nerli
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Florence
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Italian artists working in 19th century Australia (1993), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 24 Sep 1993–21 Nov 1993
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Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Ursula Prunster, Face to face: Australian portraits, Sydney, 1986, (illus.). cat.no. 1
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Betty Currie, Girolamo Pieri Nerli (1863-1926), Melbourne, 1976, 12, 17, (illus.).
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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
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Michael Dunn, Nerli - An exhibition of paintings & drawings, '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
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, Sydney, 1899. cat.no. 280
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1893, Sydney, 1893. cat.no. 342
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1891, Sydney, 1891. cat.no. 224
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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
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Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 152.
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Kenneth Wilkinson (Editor), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 70], Sydney, Mar 1938, 60 (illus.).
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Bulletin, Sydney, 01 Dec 1900. not paginated.
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