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Sir John Everett Millais Bt PRA (1829-1896) The Wolf ’s Den
Oil on canvas
Signed with monogram and dated ‘1863’ (lower right) 83 8 8 x x 114 3 3 3 3 cm (33 x x 45 in ) ) (unframed)
110 5 5 5 x x 140 3 3 cm (431⁄2 x x 551⁄4 in ) ) (framed)
Engraved:
Wood engraving P Naumann for The Magazine of Art 1891 p 89 89 Provenance:
Purchased from the artist by Thomas Agnew and Sons 1 1 April 1863 (600 gns) where purchased by John Graham 10 August 1863 who resold it back to
Agnew’s London 8 8 June 1864 where purchased by Kirkman Finlay of Dunlossit House 16 October 1865 bought back from him by Agnew’s London 22 March 1869 for Ralph Brocklebank his posthumous sale Christie’s London 29 April 1893 lot 81 (210 gns to
to
Stone) Kōjirō Matsukata circa 1920 offered by him to
save his company Kawasaki Dockyard Co Ltd and then seized by the the Fujimoto Bill Broker Bank Osaka 1927 The First Sale of the Matsukata Collection Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum Tokyo 13-30 March 1928 lot 350 where purchased by Private Collector Japan Acquired Tokyo 2018 by the present owner For information on on previous owners see chapter 7 7 pp 44-47 45