A Tepidarium with Female Nudes
manner of French (Fontainebleau) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 1040 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 593145
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Tepidarium with Female Nudes, in the manner of French (Fontainebleau) School, 17th century. A group of women, bathing and dressing in an interior, This exceedingly inferior work is clearly a copy of a School of Fontainebleau picture. It appears to be 17th century. A spurious Etty signature was removed when the picture was cleaned. Marks pricked out in plaster on back '1957 R Rose' (a Harrogate picture restorer).
Provenance
Although previously bearing a spurious Etty signature, it appears Frank Green did not believe it to be by him as it is simply described as "An Oil Painting - Nude Figures" on the 1930 inventory. Hung in TDR 1930-56; SDR 1956-90 WSR - date; gift of Francis 'Frank' William Green FSA (1861-1954) in 1930
Credit line
Treasurer’s House, York, The Frank Green Gift (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
1957 R Rose (marks pricked out in plaster on back)
Makers and roles
manner of French (Fontainebleau) School, artist