Title
A study of Jephthah's daughter
(1899)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- (1899)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 51.0 cm stretcher; 96.8 x 72.0 x 9.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., red oil "Tom Roberts". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1899
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 658
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tom Roberts
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1899), Vickery's Chambers, Sydney, Aug 1899 -
Tom Roberts Festival - Portraiture (2006), Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell, 22 Apr 2006–05 May 2006
Australian Symbolism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 May 2012–22 Jul 2012
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 10 publications
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J. G. de Libra, Australasian art review, ‘The poetry of our painting’, pg. 1-12, Sydney, 01 Sep 1899, 8, 12. title incorrectly spelt twice: ‘Study for Jephtha’s Daughter’ (pg. 8) & ‘Study for Jeptha’s Daughter’ (pg. 12).
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Alan McCulloch, The golden age of Australian painting: impressionism and the Heidelberg school, 'Australian Impressionist painting', pg. 1-109, Melbourne, 1969, 68, 69 (colour illus.). plate no. 34
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Denise Mimocchi, Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, ‘Dreams of the bohemian idyll: Charles Conder and his impact’, pg. 90-110, Sydney, 2012, 105, 108 (colour illus.), 147.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, 'Oil Paintings-Australian', Sydney, 1899. titled 'Study for Jepthah's Daughter'; cat.no. 294
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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, 176.
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Society of Artists, Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Sydney, 1899, 8. titled 'Study for Jepthah's Daughter'; cat.no. 116; priced £52.10.0
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Virginia Spate, Tom Roberts, ‘New South Wales: the later outback paintings and symbolist works’, pg. 92-103, Melbourne, 1978, 99, 100 (illus.), 101, 149. illus.no. 30
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Daniel Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'Tom Roberts', pg. 466-487, Sydney, Jul 1969, 478, 479 (illus.).
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, 159, 160. cat.no. 320
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 2 - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, (illus.). plate no. 143
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