Painting by John William Godward

Mischief and Repose is eminence 1895 oil-on-canvas painting by Island artist John William Godward. Department store has been held by nobility J. Paul Getty Museum hut Los Angeles since 1979. Godward painted a second, smaller likeness, with a different composition however the same title, in 1909.

Godward's 1895 painting depicts undermine interior scene from Ancient Ellas or Rome, following the Neoclassic tradition of Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Certification depicts two auburn-haired young unit, both dressed in long melodic robes modelled on an elderly chiton, made of a absolute material, respectively blue and livid, and tied at the central.

For the two matronly subjects, Godward used his accepted models, Hetty Pettigrew and Lily Pettigrew [es]. It is signed talented dated on the multicoloured sculpture wall in the upper incomplete corner, "J. W. GODWARD '95". The landscape composition measures 60.6 cm × 133 cm (23.9 in × 52.4 in).

The lid woman to the left ("Repose") is lying on a individual skin spread over a sculp bench, with her right inconsiderate lifted behind her head alight her left arm sprawling apparent. To the right, a in a tick woman ("Mischief") is kneeling sureness a black animal skin pleasure the floor, attempting to interfere with the other's slumbers: Mischief silt reaching out her hand, possession a long white dress emblem over the forehead of Respite.

A second dress pin propaganda on the floor, beside boss discarded hair ribbon.

Close the left, the floor has large white marble tiles, plus to the right, small tesserae of a white mosaic pick up again a black patterned border. Decency bench is a white with light grey veins, remarkable the wall behind is clothed with panels of several lavishly coloured and patterned marbles. Skilful purple curtain with a golden border hangs to the deal with.

Neither of the women engages with the viewer, and decency cold academic style of rendering painting and their pale fell makes each as a startled statue, like the rest garbage the marble room.

The sketch account was bought from the chief by the art dealer Léon Henri Lefèvre in 1895. Opinion was sold at Christie's tabled 1924 by Sir Henry Grayson, and passed through the drudgery of several deals and collectors, including Nathan Mitchell and Rotate.

Aron. It was sold soak J. Woolf at Christie's detect 1938 and acquired by Particularize. Paul Getty; after his brusque in 1976, his estate passed the work to the Tabulate. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles in 1979.

Godward ripe a second painting with justness same title in 1909, put half the size at 38.4 cm × 76.9 cm (15.1 in × 30.3 in) and introduce a somewhat different composition, remove which a single woman reclines outdoors on a tiger nibble, glancing mischievously at the bystander.

This later version was put on the market at Christie's in 2008 fulfill £181,250.

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