FDA-D.1717-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1717-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Portrait of Richard Amis as a Boy
Title Type
Common name
Description
Half-length drawn portrait of a boy wearing a suit and tie, turned 3/4 to the right
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 514mm
width (actual size): 379mm
width (actual size): 379mm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower right: 'N. Becker. / 1946'
Material
paper
pastel
pastel
Materials & techniques note
pastel on paper
Production
Person
Becker, Nikolai, 1877 - 1962 (Artist)
Date
1946
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Probably commissioned by Major Ivan Roll and Sylvia Emily Amis (parents of the sitter); collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
