An oil painting believed to be of author Emily Bronte will be the latest item relating to one of the literary sisters to go under the hammer. The piece is being sold by Northamptonshire firm JP Humbert Auctioneers after the sale of another painting of the reclusive writer for £23,836 in December. It also follows the sale of an unpublished manuscript by sibling Charlotte Bronte at auction to a Paris museum for a record value of nearly £700,000 last month. The hitherto unseen painting of Emily Bronte measures 33cm by 24cm and depicts a pensive-looking Victorian woman, auctioneer Jonathan Humbert said. Annotated Emily Jane Bronte, it has more unclear writing, possibly an artist’s name or title, he said. The painting was handed to the auctioneers by a private owner after seeing publicity around the previous portrait, and is expected to fetch at least £3,000. “I am amazed that this second painting has turned up on our doorstep,” Mr Humbert said. “One unknown portrait of Emily Bronte is luck enough but two in two months is quite remarkable. “This painting is definitely mid-19th century and has been attributed to Miss Bronte by the artist at the time of painting.” The portrait is set to go on sale, unreserved, on February 23 at JP Humbert’s sale room in Towcester, Northants, with a provisional estimate of £3,000-4,000.
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Grahamwatson
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 11:26 PM
This portrait is a fake. It's not of Emily Bronte. Given its style, I think it would also be reasonable to doubt that it was painted before the 1960s. For one thing it doesn't match descriptions of Emily Bronte, or resemble the authenticated portraits of her. Ellen Nussey, a friend of the Bronte family, described Emily having dark blue-grey eyes. This blueish colour can be seen in the group portrait painted by her brother and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The woman in this painting clearly has brown eyes. Let the potential buyer of this be warned!
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