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Dimensions: measurements 32 3/4 by 40 in. alternate measurements 83.2 by 101.6 cm
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Provenance: Colonel Thomas Thornton, Thorntonville Royal
Sale: Hickman, May 11, 1820, lot 54
Ellis and Smith
Sale: Christie's, London, February 6, 1931, lot 82 (as Anvil)
Baliol (acquired at the above sale)
M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York
Henry Arthurton
Sale: Sotheby's, London, July 6 1949, lot 83 (as Anvil)
General Norrie (aquired at the above sale)
Sale: Christie's, London, October 24, 1958, lot 42 (as Anvil
Baer)
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Exhibited:
London, Tate Gallery, Arthurton Collection, 1934
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1935
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Literature: Sporting Magazine, January 1808, vol. 31, illustrated facing title page (engraving by John Scott after this work)
Judy Edgerton, George Stubbs, Painter: catalogue raisonné, New Haven, 2007, no. 341
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Notes: Ambrosio, a bay stallion known for the white star on his head, enjoyed a successful career, winning the York for John Lowther and the St. Leger for Joseph Cookson before retiring to Thomas Haworth's stud farm at Barham Wood. This is where George Stubbs presumably painted him. Stubbs depicted Ambrosio not as a victorious racehorse, but as an older horse that had earned respect and admiration from his owners.
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