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Sir Herbert Cook
Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Baronet (18 November 1868 – 4 May 1939) was an English art patron and art historian. Life Only son of Sir Frederick Cook, 2nd Baronet, Sir Frederick Cook, he was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was subsequently called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1895. He married in 1898 to the Honourable Mary Hood, daughter of the Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport, 2nd Viscount Bridport, with whom he had one son (Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet, Francis, who succeeded him) and two daughters. In 1920, he succeeded to his father's Cook baronets, baronetcy, along with the Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet, first baronet's art collection, which he catalogued in three volumes in 1913 and which thereafter became known in art history publications as the "Cook Collection, Doughty House, Richmond". Though he was not a major collector himself, he did add Rembrandt’s ''Portrait of a boy'' (Norton Simon Foundation) and Titian’s ''La Schiavon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Orpen - Portrait Of Sir Herbert Cook, 1923
William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will (given name), Will, Wills (given name), Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill (given name), Bill, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play Douglas (play)#Theme and response, ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna And Child (Cima Da Conegliano, Private Collection)
''Madonna and Child'' is a 1504 oil on panel painting by Cima da Conegliano, now in a private collection. It was last sold at Christie's in London on 25 November 1966 as part of a sale of works from Sir Herbert Cook's collectionMaurice W. Brockwell, ''Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House Richmond Surrey in the Collection of Sir Herbert Cook'', London, 1932, p. 52 and is therefore sometimes known as the ''Cook Madonna'', not to be confused with another painting of that name by Crivelli now known to be the central panel of the Porto San Giorgio Altarpiece. References Bibliography * Bernard Berenson, ''The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance'', New York, 1897, p. 98; * Rudolf F. Burckhardt, ''Cima da Conegliano, ein Veneziani-scher maler des Übergangs vom Quattrocento zum Cin-quecento'', Berlino, 1904, p. 117; * Bernard Berenson, ''Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: a Listof the Principal Artists and their Works with an Index of Places'', Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
