{"id":1120,"date":"2021-07-28T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2021-07-24T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T05:40:16","slug":"londons-national-gallery-to-acquire-thomas-lawrences-red-boy-portrait-for-9-3-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/londons-national-gallery-to-acquire-thomas-lawrences-red-boy-portrait-for-9-3-m\/","title":{"rendered":"London\u2019s National Gallery to Acquire Thomas Lawrence\u2019s \u2018Red Boy\u2019 Portrait for \u00a39.3 M."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1m34hpq\">Sir\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_thomas-lawrence\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"thomas-lawrence\">Thomas Lawrence<\/a>\u2019s famed portrait of Charles William Lambton, widely known as\u00a0<em><a id=\"auto-tag_red-boy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"red-boy\">Red Boy<\/a><\/em>, will soon join the collection of the\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_national-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"national-gallery\">National Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in London. The institution has committed to buying the work from a private collection for \u00a39.3 million (around $12.7 million).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the National Gallery said the purchase is a unique opportunity \u201cto acquire an exceptionally important painting by one of the finest European portraitists of the early 19th century, which is of outstanding significance for British national heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1m34hpq\">The painting, a depiction of the pensive boy clad in a crimson velvet suit, was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825. In 1967,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\"><em>Red Boy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0became the first painting ever to be featured on a British postage stamp, and it has since become a fixture on British toffee and shortbread tins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1m34hpq\">Now considered a national icon, public opinion was initially divided on the piece when it debuted. The English Romantic poet William Wordsworth remarked after viewing it, \u201cLawrence\u2019s portrait of young Lambton is a wretched histrionic thing; the public taste must be vitiated indeed, if that is admired.\u201d A writer for the<em>\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0of London, however, praised its \u201csparkling intelligence of youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1833, at the height of his popularity and maturity as an artist, preeminent British portraitist Thomas Lawrence was commissioned to create the painting by the subject\u2019s father, John George Lambton. Its scale and imagery are unusual for a 19th-century portrait of a young child: Charles is seated outdoors at night, on a rocky headland overlooking the sea. He\u2019s informally posed, with a bent arm and wandering gaze.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Finaldi, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\"> National Gallery<\/a>\u2019s director, called the portrait \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\/\">dazzling<\/a>\u201d and \u201ca tour de force of technical brilliance and at the same time a moving representation of a young boy becoming self-aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The institution\u2019s permanent collection is strong in paintings of children, by the likes Murillo, Hogarth, Liotard, Gainsborough, and Vig\u00e9e Le Brun. Finalid added, \u201cI am confident that when it is acquired it will quickly become a much-admired painting for all our visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir\u00a0Thomas Lawrence\u2019s famed portrait of Charles William Lambton, widely known as\u00a0Red Boy, will soon join the collection of the\u00a0National Gallery\u00a0in London. The institution has committed to buying the work from a private collection for \u00a39.3 million (around $12.7 million). 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