Comments on: Feel Art Again: “A Lady in a Fur Wrap”

By: John

John — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:33:12 +0000

in 1985,we bought a (1st copy) of the lady in a fur wrap,from an antique shop in Solihull,it was painted by an unknown artist and unfortunately he died.The person who sold us the picture was a titled lady and said she was connected with Rockingham Castle,and the original was there,she suggested we take the painting to Rockingham and put it alongside the original!! But not there,where in Glasgow is it!!John

By: ColinC

ColinC — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:04:00 +0000

Nice article. “A Lady In a Fur Wrap” is one of my favourite paintings and (fortunately for me) it’s in Glasgow, where I live. I too followed the debate/controversy when it was aired in the national press a few years back but as the writer of the article here says, no progress was made (and as far as I know, the x-ray results, if it ever occurred, were not publicised).

To me, this *does* look like an El Greco, as the figure is slim and the composition brightly (even slightly dramatically) lit with a dark background. It’s not as distorted as some of his other portraits though (which some scholars I believe put down to a kind of tunnel vision which the artist may have suffered). I think though that the argument against El Greco being the artist because this is an unusual work for him doesn’t really logically follow – because he created nothing else like the famous, stormy landscape “View of Toledo” – and yet that was definitely by him!

By: AndrÃ©a

AndrÃ©a — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:14:05 +0000

Andy: The only articles I could find on the subject were from early 2004, discussing that the painting was to be x-rayed. I can’t find any from after, so either it was not x-rayed, or nothing new came out of the x-ray. Sorry I can’t clear the subject up more!

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:14:30 +0000

#3 says: “in 2004, the painting was to be X-rayed in an attempt to better determine authorship”… so, what happened? Was it x-rayed? What was determined?

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:17:23 +0000

There is an El Greco painting at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri titled “St. Mary Magdalene in Penitence” (c. 1580). It is of a woman and, I thought, relatively well known. You should look for an image of it; it’s beautiful.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:11:21 +0000

There is another El Greco portrait of a lady entitled, surprisingly enough, “Portrait of a Lady” on exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

By: AndrÃ©a

Miss Nae: I have not yet done any posts on Caravaggio, but I will look into his work and perhaps do a post in the near future. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: Miss Nae

Miss Nae — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:30:09 +0000

I love this blog and how it show the details of each artwork that were not known to the common eye. Have you done any Feel Art Again blogs about Caravaggio?