Philip de László, P.R.B.A.

Commissioned by Sir Merrik Raymond Burrell (1877–1957), 7th Baronet, Knepp Castle, Sussex;

Thence by descent in the Burrell family;

With Christopher Wood Gallery, London;

Where acquired by the present owner in 2004.

Artist's sitters’ book, vol. II, 26 November 1932, p. 74;

The Sketch, 22 March 1933, p. 499, reproduced;

The Daily Mail, 21 June 1933;

Evening Standard, 21 June 1933;

Sunderland Echo, 21 June 1933;

Nottingham Journal, 22 June 1933;

Northern Whig, Belfast, 22 June 1933;

Star, 24 June 1933;

O. Rutter, Portrait of a Painter, London 1939, p. 373, reproduced p. 385;

D. Clifford, The Paintings of P.A. de Laszlo, London 1969, reproduced pl. 46;

S. de Laszlo (ed.) and C. Wentworth-Stanley (asst. ed.), A Brush with Grandeur, exh. cat., London 2004, pp. 26, 60, 188–89;

D. Hart-Davis and C. Corbeau-Parsons, De László: His Life and Art, Yale 2010, pp. 236–40, 245, 252, reproduced in colour p. 122;

D. Hart-Davis, László Fülöp élete és festészete [Philip de László's Life and Painting], Budapest 2019, reproduced in colour p. 58;

G. Bellák and B. Somfalvi, 'I am an Artist of the World', in Philip de László (1869–1937), K. Field (ed.), exh. cat., Budapest 2019, pp. 36, 80, 82, reproduced in colour p. 83;

K. Field (ed.), Philip de László: Master of Elegance, exh. cat., London 2024, pp. 49, 79, reproduced in colour p.78.

London, M. Knoedler & Co., Portraits by Philip A. de László, M.V.O., 21 June – 22 July 1933, no. 6;

Dundee, Victoria Art Galleries, Loan Exhibition, Autumn 1934;

London, Christie’s, A Brush with Grandeur, 6–22 January 2004, no. 123;

Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery, Philip de László “I am an artist of the world…”, 27 September 2019 – 5 January 2020, no. 16;

Sudbury, Gainsborough’s House, Philip de László: Master of Elegance, 23 March –23 June 2024, no. 16.