A Visit to Grandmother

This charming flower garden painting (oil on panel, 31.1cm x 34.9cm)is undated but it is believed that Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) completed the work around the time of his Royal Academy exhibit in 1864. An old label on the back of the painting identified this painting asA visit to Grandmotherbut a Hughes biographer suggested that it may actually beThe Visit. Either way,we clearly have a young girl approaching an older lady and her cat in a beautiful garden.

[2] Pink, blue and white fl owers add bright spots of color amongst the greenery which covers much of this work.The young girl is wearing a white dress with a blue sash and a hat, held on her head by a matching blue bow.

[3] This work had remained unseen publicly since it was sold by the Hughes estate in 1916. It sold at auction for$20,580 in 2007.

這幅描繪花園場(chǎng)景的迷人畫(huà)作（板面油畫(huà)，31.1厘米×34.9厘米）并未標(biāo)明日期，但據(jù)信是阿瑟·休斯（1832—1915）1864年 前 后創(chuàng)作的，當(dāng)時(shí)他的作品正在皇家美術(shù)學(xué)院展出。畫(huà)作背面的一張舊標(biāo)簽顯示，這幅畫(huà)名為《探望祖母》，但休斯的一位傳記作者說(shuō)，該畫(huà)其實(shí)可能就叫《探望》。無(wú)論畫(huà)名為何，畫(huà)面清楚呈現(xiàn)的就是一個(gè)女孩走向美麗花園中的一位老婦人和她的貓。［圖見(jiàn)本期封底］

[2]畫(huà)面大部為綠色植被，粉色、藍(lán)色和白色的小花點(diǎn)綴其中，增添了許多亮點(diǎn)。女孩身著白色連衣裙，腰系藍(lán)色寬腰帶，頭戴一頂草帽，帽帶為相配的藍(lán)色，系成了一個(gè)蝴蝶結(jié)。

[3]休斯的財(cái)產(chǎn)繼承人于1916年將該畫(huà)出售，此后畫(huà)作便一直未見(jiàn)公開(kāi)展示。2007年，該畫(huà)以20,580美元的價(jià)格被拍賣(mài)。

《探望祖母》

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