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The Reverend John Chafy playing the Violincello
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: Tate
Date: 1750 - 1752
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 74 x 60 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £100,350)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3089 (1985)
Provenance:
By descent in the sitter's family to the present owner, Sotheby's sale, 5/7/84, lot 269.
Description:
Portrait of the Rev John Chafy (1719-88) playing the Violincello, c.1750-52.
There is one comment on this artwork
Besides being a wonderful portrait, this painting is a very precise document on the technique of cello playing in the XVIIIth century. Because Ginsborough was himself a musician, it can be expected that the description is authentic. Of particular interest are: the leg grip on the bottom of the instrument, which has no end pin and rests on the calfs, more vertical than the modern hold; the right hand grip on the bow, close to the center of gravity; the left hand grip on the neck, slanted as
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