An Italian Girl with Doves
Raffaello Sorbi (Florence 1844 – Florence 1931)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1866 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
890 x 700 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230249
Caption
This picture was purchased by William George Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Cragside (1810–1900) for 40 guineas in 1869. Many of the paintings he acquired were sold at auction in 1910, making this a rare survival from Armstrong's collection at Cragside.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Italian Girl with Doves, by Raffaello Sorbi (Florence 1844 – Florence 1931), signed and dated 1866. A painting of a young woman, wearing medieval costume with roses in her hair, caressing two doves on a parapet, draped with a gold cloth.
Provenance
Purchased by Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900), in 1869 for 40 guineas; thence by descent; transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
On a feigned inscription on the stone, bottom left: Raf. Sorbi / 1866
Makers and roles
Raffaello Sorbi (Florence 1844 – Florence 1931), artist
