John Opie
(1761-1807) A Sleeping Girl (traditionally titled The End of the Day)Early 1790s
Oil on canvas
49 ½ x 40 ½ in (125.7 x 101.9 cm)
Provenance
Possibly Robinson and Fisher, 29 May 1902 (as ‘A Sleeping Girl’, 250 guineas)
Arthur Tooth and Sons, London & New York;
Mrs. Elmo S. Fisher, by whom gifted to;
The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas, USA;
Sotheby’s, London, 18 November 1992, Lot 92;
Private collection, UK
Literature
Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, 1973, p. 256 (illus.)