Philip James de Loutherbourg (French 1740-1812), Alexandrinus coming to life
Philip James de Loutherbourg (French 1740-1812)
Alexandrinus coming to life
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1803 lower right
54.5 x 46cm (21¼ x 18 in.)
Provenance:
Christie's London, 20 April 1990, lot 52
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lots 46-58 come from the collector and interior designer Edward Bulmer. They comprise part of the collection hung at Edward's Grade II* listed, William and Mary manor house, Court of Noke in Herefordshire.
Edward's passion for art runs parallel with his expertise in interiors. He initially began collecting when working for the picture restorer Alec Cobbe who is well known for his picture hanging projects. He worked on many such ventures with Cobbe, building an understanding of the connoisseurship of the great patrons of the past. He quickly recognised that one could still afford to buy as the great collectors did; on the basis of quality, if one was not restrictive about subject. As such the beginnings of a discerning collection were born.
When he purchased Court of Noke in 1994, it became a passionate restoration project, transforming what was a dilapidated shell with enormous promise, back into a comfortable family home. Some pictures in the collection were sold at this time in order to fund the initial restoration project. Edward describes how the present pictures have become "old friends, adding atmosphere and sophistication to our rooms and I hope that they will now find interesting new homes."
The collection offered here clearly embraces its owner's dedication to quality over narrow focus including as it does, pictures across a range of date periods and subjects from religious paintings to Greek mythology and Italianate landscape works.
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Philip James de Loutherbourg (French 1740-1812)
Alexandrinus coming to life
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1803 lower right
54.5 x 46cm (21¼ x 18 in.)
Provenance:
Christie's London, 20 April 1990, lot 52
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Lots 46-58 come from the collector and interior designer Edward Bulmer. They comprise part of the collection hung at Edward's Grade II* listed, William and Mary manor house, Court of Noke in Herefordshire.
Edward's passion for art runs parallel with his expertise in interiors. He initially began collecting when working for the picture restorer Alec Cobbe who is well known for his picture hanging projects. He worked on many such ventures with Cobbe, building an understanding of the connoisseurship of the great patrons of the past. He quickly recognised that one could still afford to buy as the great collectors did; on the basis of quality, if one was not restrictive about subject. As such the beginnings of a discerning collection were born.
When he purchased Court of Noke in 1994, it became a passionate restoration project, transforming what was a dilapidated shell with enormous promise, back into a comfortable family home. Some pictures in the collection were sold at this time in order to fund the initial restoration project. Edward describes how the present pictures have become "old friends, adding atmosphere and sophistication to our rooms and I hope that they will now find interesting new homes."
The collection offered here clearly embraces its owner's dedication to quality over narrow focus including as it does, pictures across a range of date periods and subjects from religious paintings to Greek mythology and Italianate landscape works.
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