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(A Moorish doorway)

(A Moorish doorway)
 1883

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
48.3 × 33.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.l.: Tom Roberts-
inscribed in red paint l.r.: Granada Oct / 83
inscribed in brown paint on reverse u.c.: Tom Roberts
Accession Number
2004.213
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Nature
Subjects (specific)
buildings (structures) doors hills railings (balustrades) shrubs thresholds trees wall tile (tile)
Frame
Reproduction, 2007

Frame

Tom Roberts, A Moorish doorway, 1883, acquired in 2004, had been framed with a late twentieth century version of a seventeenth century Spanish or Italian style frame. Providing a new frame for the painting became a priority ahead of the exhibition Australian Impressionism in 2007.
A prototype for the frame was found on Una Muchacha, a work painted by Roberts on the same 1883 expedition to Grenada.
This frame carried the label of Blair and Co. of 28 Swanston Street (dating between 1885-6) and appeared to be the original presentation of the painting.
A reproduction of the frame was made to fit A Moorish doorway with the toning of the frame carried out using the Una Muchacha frame as a guide.
The painting was fitted in the frame in 2007.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Reproduction - commissioned by the NGV
Date
2007
Materials

Wood, composition and gold leaf

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