Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo
Where daddy fell, 1915 / painted by Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1915
Call Numbers
ML 1497
Record Identifier
Reference Code
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
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Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo
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Subjects
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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
Author / Creator
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
- Quick March! The Children of World War I
State Library of New South Wales (16 March - 13 October, 2019)
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
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa5701
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1008776
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