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An image of Diogenes by John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse

(England 1849–1917)

Title
Diogenes
Year
1882
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

208.3 x 134.6cm stretcher; 249.0 x 177.4 x 17.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., brown paint "J W Waterhouse 1882" .
Credit
Purchased 1886
Accession number
720
Location
19th c European art
Provenance (2)

Henry Wallis (England), Apr 1886, Purchased by the AGNSW from Henry Wallis 1886

R.J. Jeffray (Australia), pre Apr 1886, Australia, Sold April 1886 through Messrs. Gemmell, Tucket and Co., at Devoirgilla, Toorak, Melbourne.

Bibliography (15)

Elizabeth Prettejohn (Author), Peter Trippi, Robert Upstone, Patty Wageman, J.W. Waterhouse: the modern Pre-Raphaelite, 2008, 26, 90, 91 (colour illus.). cat.no.11

Peter Trippi (Author), J.W. Waterhouse, London, 2002, 8 (colour illus.), 47, 48 (colour illus.), 49-51. plate no. 31, illustration on page 8 is a detail

Angus Trumble (Australia) (Curator), Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Adelaide, 2001, 198, 199 (colour illus.). not exhibited

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 175. cat.no. 2236

A.F. Hobson (Author), J.W. Waterhouse, Oxford, 1989, (colour illus.). plate no. 17

John Christian (Author), Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic movements in Britain, 1989, (colour illus.). plate no. 58

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 205 (illus.).

A.F. Hobson (Author), J.W. Waterhouse, London, 1980, 65 (colour illus.). cat.no. 58; plate no. 16

History and Legend in some selected paintings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1980, 1980, 6 (illus.).

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Author), Victorian Olympians, Sydney, 1975, 28-29, 50 (colour illus.). cat.no. 38

Art and Australia [vol. 10, no. 1] Jul 1972, Jul 1972.

Article by R.E.D. Sketchley, pg. 20., Art Journal 1910, 1910, 20, 32 (illus.).

Daily telegraph 15 Apr 1886, 15 Apr 1886.

Argus 15 Apr 1886, 15 Apr 1886.

Age 15 Apr 1886, 15 Apr 1886.

Exhibition history (7)

Royal Academy of Arts, 1882, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1882–1882.

Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975.

Victorian Olympians, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975.

Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975.

Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic movements in Britain, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 08 Apr 1989–07 May 1989.

J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, Groninger Museum, 13 Dec 2008–03 May 2009.

J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, Royal Academy of Arts, 27 Jun 2009–13 Sep 2009.