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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 37

Cat. 152 · Painting

The Violin Maker

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on daler board
Dimensions
55.5 cm × 45.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 152
Source
Catalogue, entry 152
Status
Private collection
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Description

A man in a workshop in archaic dress varnishing a violin.

Commentary

A detailed painting showing Alec Fleming accuracy interpreting a scene from history, Possibly from imagination or a pre existing illustration. Possibly an earlier painting by A F.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A F in marker to top. A Fleming in pencil on Daler label.

The reverse is marked “A Fleming” in block capitals. Many boards in the collection carry this marking, and some of them are considered to be by Barbara Fleming. The marking may record ownership rather than authorship and is not treated here as evidence of attribution.

Condition

Good.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Alec Fleming