Jack Hoggan (Vettriano) (British, born 1951) The FiferJack Hoggan (Vettriano) (British, born 1951)The Fifer titled (on artist's label on the reverse)oil on board29 x 21.5cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/16in).ProvenancePurchased from Cancer Research Campaign Art Exhibition, Edinburgh, in the 1980's; thence by descent.This is Hoggan's version of Édouard Manet's The Fifer of 1866.It is well documented that Hoggan took inspiration from many of the great artists of the past, and taught himself to paint through painting his own copies of famous images. The painting's title, The Fifer, can of course have another meaning here in Scotland. Vettriano has gone on to become one of the best known and loved Fifers of all-time.