Alexander Constantine Ionides and his Wife Euterpe, with their Children
George Frederic Watts, 1840

Alexander Constantine Ionides began a long and affectionate friendship with Watts in 1837 and this work was the first of many portrait commissions. The painting shows the couple with their four eldest children and may have been prompted by the birth of their fourth child in 1840 or by their move to Tulse Hill the same year. The two eldest brothers are depicted wearing Greek national dress, a motif introduced to demonstrate the pride that the family took in their Greek ancestry.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Alexander Constantine Ionides and his Wife Euterpe, with their Children, 1840
Date supported
2005
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
153 x 184.5 cm
Grant
21272
Total cost
237600

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