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Lot 40

John William Godward, RBA
(British, 1861-1922)
After the serenade

31 March 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,925 inc. premium

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John William Godward, RBA (British, 1861-1922)

After the serenade
oil on panel
41 x 12.5cm (16 1/8 x 4 15/16in).

Footnotes

Literature
Vern Swanson, JW Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, revised edition, Woodbridge, 2018, p. 24, illustrated p. 256.

The present lot has recently been identified by Dr Vern Swanson as a very early Godward, painted in 1886, the very first year that the artist took up Neo-classicism. Swanson notes that Godward's few pictures of that year- see also Flower Girl, illustrated in Swanson, p. 24- pull together elements from such masters as Alma-Tadema, Albert Moore and Edward John Poynter. These early works, Swanson notes, were 'the launching pad for his career'.1

1Vern Swanson, JW Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, revised edition, Woodbridge, 2018, p. 24.

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