Csornay Boldizsár - Dobos Zsuzsa - Varga Ágota - Zakariás János szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 99. (Budapest, 2003)

THE YEAR 2003 - NEW ACQUISITIONS - CIFKA, BRIGITTA: Sir Joseph Noel Patorís Madonna with the Sleeping Christ Child and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

on the reverse by the Scottish landscape painter, Alexander Fraser (1829-1899)

11 in 1866.

12 Reflecting the influence of Constable, the fine painting represents a monumental U-shaped Baroque palace in a parkland setting. Due to its oversized dimensions, the building had already been abandoned during the lifetime of the Lady, but the domed, round Hamilton Mausoleum that can be seen emerging from the background was extended still by her grandfather, the 10th Duke of Hamilton, who was also buried there. Paton's painting, the first to have entered a public collection in the Continent, is a perfect example of the artist's working methods and early work. Together with the picture by Fraser they are worthy representatives of early 19th-century Scottish painting in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts. BRIGITTA CIFKA Translated by Axel Vécsey 11 McEwan, op.cit. (n. 1) 2, 214. 12 Oil on canvas, 61 by 92 cm. Inv. no. 496. B. See Bernáth, M., Sur deux tableaux anglais, BullMusHongrBA 16 (1960) 89-92, pl. 56. The author failed to localize the Hamilton Palace and did not connected it to the bequest of Lady Hamilton.