Cicero's Fountain (1829)
Name: Cicero's Fountain
Artist: Robert W Weir
a/k/a: The Fountain of Cicero
Year: 1829
Format: Oil on canvas
Size: 13.75x22
Signed? Robt. W. Weir/1829 (lower right)
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Website ID: CICE1
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Provenance: Gouverneur Kemble, Cold Spring, New York. Mark Lurie, Indianapolis, IN, until 1972. Berry-Hill Galleries, New York. Campbell Weir, great-grandson of the artist.
Condition: Craquelure. Relined. There are retouches present throughout including in the face of the standing figure and in the costume of the seated figure.
Auction Price: $2,500
Auction Estimate: $3,000
Auction Year: 2018
Exhibited? Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, 1830, #105.
NAD?
Tuckerman?
Irene Weir Book?
William Gerts?
Ahrens Plate/Page? 157
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Notes: Listed by RWW as Cicero's Fountain (Irene Weir p100)
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Score: 5/10
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