Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Sophie Gengembre Anderson - Shepherd's Pipes, Capri


Please note I have brightened this image as the original is now rather murky and I wanted to bring out her superb eye for detail, particularly in the clothing.
12 x 13.5"
inscribed, signed and dated on the stretcher: Shepherd's Pipes/ S. Anderson/ Capri 1880
oil on canvas
Sophie Anderson moved to the island of Capri c.1872 and lived at Villa de Castello for the next sixteen years.

2 comments:

Lucy Corrander said...

Yay!

Can't think why I haven't come across this picture before - it is so charming one would expect to see it everywhere.

Hint of Pan, not just in the pipes but in the features of the boy (and his haircut) which gives it gives a slightly disconcerting and deepening aspect.

Lucy

Hermes said...

The original is rather murky (the paints she used or revarnished ?) and I had to work on it to show just how good it is. Reminds me of Mike Scott's songs about Pan with the Waterboys if you know them.