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Oriana
William Holman Hunt (British, 1827–1910)
Title
Oriana
Artist
William Holman Hunt (British, 1827–1910)
Artist
Arthur Hughes (British, 1832–1915)
Possibly with
Edward Robert Hughes (British, 1851–1914)
Possibly with
Godfrey Hughes (British, active 1891–1914)
Date
c. 1890–1905
Medium
oil on paper mounted on panel
Dimensions
36 × 27 in. (91.4 × 68.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Robert H. and Mildred T. Storz Endowment Fund Purchase
Object Number
1995.17
On View
Not on view
Provenance
Given to Hilary Holman Hunt (1879–1949), London and Norfolk; c. 1910–September 10, 1949;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Charles Hawkins & Sons at The Rookery, Rockland, All Saints, Norfolk, June 7, 1951, lot 286, by Leger Galleries, London, 1951–July 1951;
Purchased from Leger Galleries by Gladys Holman Hunt (1876–1951), 1951;
By descent to her daughter, Elizabeth Burt (née Holman Hunt), 1951;
Purchased at her sale, Christie’s, London, March 17, 1961, lot 69, by Evelyn Waugh (1906–1966), London, 1961–1966;
Purchased at sale of the trustees of the Evelyn Waugh settlement, Sotheby’s, Belgravia, October 19, 1971, lot 55, through Hartnoll & Eyre, by the Pre-Raphaelite Trust, 1971–June 19, 1995 [1];
Purchased through Christie’s private sale, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1995.
[1] Offered for sale by the Pre-Raphaelite Trust, Christie’s, London, October 25, 1991, lot 52, but failed to sell.
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Charles Hawkins & Sons at The Rookery, Rockland, All Saints, Norfolk, June 7, 1951, lot 286, by Leger Galleries, London, 1951–July 1951;
Purchased from Leger Galleries by Gladys Holman Hunt (1876–1951), 1951;
By descent to her daughter, Elizabeth Burt (née Holman Hunt), 1951;
Purchased at her sale, Christie’s, London, March 17, 1961, lot 69, by Evelyn Waugh (1906–1966), London, 1961–1966;
Purchased at sale of the trustees of the Evelyn Waugh settlement, Sotheby’s, Belgravia, October 19, 1971, lot 55, through Hartnoll & Eyre, by the Pre-Raphaelite Trust, 1971–June 19, 1995 [1];
Purchased through Christie’s private sale, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1995.
[1] Offered for sale by the Pre-Raphaelite Trust, Christie’s, London, October 25, 1991, lot 52, but failed to sell.
Exhibition History
Präraffaeliten, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, November 23, 1973–February 24, 1974, no. 46.
Heaven on Earth: The Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 1994, no. 36.
Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.
Heaven on Earth: The Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, 1994, no. 36.
Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.
Published References
Klaus Gallwitz and Günter Metken, Präraffaeliten, exh. cat, (Baden-Baden: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1973), no. 46, (repro.).
Mark Amory, ed., The Letters of Evelyn Waugh (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1980), 363.
Gail-Nina Anderson and Joanne Wright, Heaven on Earth: The Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art, exh. cat. (London: Lund Humphries, 1994), no. 36.
Leonard Roberts and Stephen Wildman, Arthur Hughes: His Life and Works (Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 1997), 38.
Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven: Yale University Press), 2006, 284–85, no. 157, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 25, 216–17, (repro.).
Mark Amory, ed., The Letters of Evelyn Waugh (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1980), 363.
Gail-Nina Anderson and Joanne Wright, Heaven on Earth: The Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art, exh. cat. (London: Lund Humphries, 1994), no. 36.
Leonard Roberts and Stephen Wildman, Arthur Hughes: His Life and Works (Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 1997), 38.
Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven: Yale University Press), 2006, 284–85, no. 157, (repro.).
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 25, 216–17, (repro.).
