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
Comments
Russian society portrait artist Nikolai Becker had joined the post-revolutionary exodus from Russia to settle in Europe by the time he made this pastel portrait of Richard Amis, who was then aged just 14 or 15. Amis is shown not in his Eton College uniform, but smartly dressed for the portrait, which was probably commissioned by his parents.
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
