John PhillipSpanish Musicians with Dancing Girl- British Victorian art oil painting portrait, 1847
$16,200
Spanish Musicians with Dancing Girl- British Victorian art oil painting portrait
By John Phillip
Located in Hagley, England
This colourful mid 19th century oil painting is by noted British artist John 'Spanish' Phillip. Painted in 1847 this is one of Phillip's early Spanish paintings. This excellent large and busy figurative example of his work captures the vibrancy of a group of street musicians playing for a woman as she dances. Signed with Monogram and dated 1847 lower right. Provenance. Surrey estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 36 inches by 28 inches, in good condition. Housed in a beautiful original gilt frame, 46 inches by 38 inches and in good condition. John Phillip (b Aberdeen, 19 Apr. 1817; d London, 27 Feb. 1867). Scottish painter, active mainly in London. Phillip's early works tended to depict pious Scots families. In 1851 he visited Spain, after he was advised to travel to southern Europe for his health. Thereafter he concentrated on Spanish subjects. The first of these, The Letter Writer...
19th Century Realist John Phillip Art
Oil
