Thomas Matthews Rooke (British, 1842-1942) Madonna and Child signed 'T.M.Rooke' (lower right) watercolour over traces of pencil 21.8 x 29.2cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/2in). Footnotes: Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 15 January 1974, lot 53 Anon. sale, Bonhams, London, The Guy Bailey Collection of Victorian Art, 24 February-5 March 2025, lot 33. Acquired from the above. As well as being a watercolourist in his own right, Thomas Matthews Rooke was a long-time studio assistant of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and was commissioned by John Ruskin to make architectural drawings in Italy. Here, Rooke takes for inspiration the Madonna and Child subject often used by Giovanni Battista Salvi, called Sassoferrato (1609-1685), an example of which can be found in Galleria Corsini, Rome. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing