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Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa5701

Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

About this item

Full title

Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Date

1915

Call Numbers

ML 1497

Record Identifier

9qoa5701

Reference Code

1008776

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

1 painting - visible image 106 x 120 cm., in frame 123 x 140 cm - oil on canvas

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years.

Copyright holder : Estate of Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Approval for reproduction required

Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

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Scope and Contents

Contents

A domestic vignette of an Australian family mourning the death of a close family member who served and fell in the First World War. Image depicts an older bearded man pointing at a map location to a young boy holding a Union Jack, and female figure dressed in black with her face covered in her handkerchief.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Frame: original, F. Holdsworth, Sydney (label verso)

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower right corner: A. Dattilo Rubbo/ Sydney 1915

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Sotheby's, Woollahra, 26 May 2017, Lot 50.

Exhibited in

Administrative / Biographical history

Anthony Dattilo Rubbo (1870 - 1955) was born in Naples and received classical art training in Italy. He arrived in Australia in 1897, and over the next couple of years established himself in Sydney as the major competitor of Julian Ashton. He taught at a number of Sydney private schools and was the most popular instructor at the school of the (Roya...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

ML 1497

Record Identifier

9qoa5701

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa5701

Other Identifiers

Reference code

1008776

How to access this item

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