Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

Description

1. 1 painting : oil on canvas; 24 x 31 cm (in frame)

Subject

1. Paintings
2. Viareggio (Italy) > Pictorial works
3. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 > Death and burial

Genre/Form

1. Paintings.

Call number

1. *Pforz

Note

1. Title and attribution from plaque affixed to frame.
2. Bronson and Browning first met in October 1880 (see M. Meredith's More than friend, 1985, page xxxvi).
3. "This item appeared as Lot 39 of the Sotheby Browning Sale on 5 May 1913. It was purchased by Sotheran for £10.10 and advertised in their catalogues 753 and 737. "K.C.B." is thought to be Katherine [sic] Coleman Bronson, friend and hostess of Browning in his later years in Asolo and Venice. In all probability, the painting was commissioned, but not executed, by her . . . ." -- 20th century printed label pasted to painting verso, "Information courtesy of Philip Kelley."

Author

1. Bronson, Katharine de Kay, 1834-1901, artist.

Title

1. The spot where the body of Shelley was burned / painted for Robert Browning by K.C.B.

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Added author

1. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, former owner.

Research call number

1. *Pforz