Hortus Inclusus means a private garden, typified here by the tall yew hedges in the background, and was a popular Renaissance theme.
Hortus Inclusus by Joseph Southall, 1898
© Reproduced with permission of the Barrow family
Details
- Category:
- Portrait
- Medium:
- Watercolour on vellum Dimensions: 40 x 74.2 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £50,000 ( Total: £166,500)
- Acquired in:
- 2004
- Vendor:
- Fine Art Society
This work is a portrait of Southall's future wife, Anna Elizabeth Baker with her cat. It suggests the atmosphere of an idealised resting place apart from the world.
Provenance
Private collector, 1898; then by descent; Fine Art Society in the 1980s; Alan Fortunoff, New York; Fine Art Society, 2004.
Venue details
The Wilson: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Clarence Street, CHELTENHAM
Gloucestershire
GL50 3JT
01242 237431
www.cheltenhamartgallery.org.uk
Entry details
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