26 septembre 2012
Follower of Gaspar van Witte, called Vanvitelli, Wievs of the Palazzo Albani on the via delle Quattro Fontane, Rome
Follower of Gaspar van Witte, called Vanvitelli, Wievs of the Palazzo Albani on the via delle Quattro Fontane, Rome. Photo Sotheby's
a pair, both oil on canvas each: 74.3 by 64 cm.; 29 1/4 by 25 1/4 in. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 GBP
PROVENANCE: Giovanna di Bauffremont, Principessa di Viggiano (1864-1935);
PROVENANCE: Giovanna di Bauffremont, Principessa di Viggiano (1864-1935);
Her deceased sale, Rome, Tavazzi, 15-30 April 1936, lots 190-191, where acquired by Anna L. Pecci Blunt (1885-1971) [according to an inscription on the reverse of both canvases];
Thence by descent to the present owner
LITERATURE: A. Zwollo, Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725, Assen 1973, p. 135, no. 290 (as autograph);G. Briganti, eds. L. Laureati & L. Trezzani, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan 1996, p. 145, reproduced (as copies).
CATALOGUE NOTE: Together these two canvases recreate a composition by Vanvitelli (see Briganti, under Literature, p.145, no. 35). It is possible that they once formed a continuous view in a single canvas.
Sotheby's. Collections. London | 27 Sep 2012 www.sothebys.com
Thence by descent to the present owner
LITERATURE: A. Zwollo, Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725, Assen 1973, p. 135, no. 290 (as autograph);G. Briganti, eds. L. Laureati & L. Trezzani, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan 1996, p. 145, reproduced (as copies).
CATALOGUE NOTE: Together these two canvases recreate a composition by Vanvitelli (see Briganti, under Literature, p.145, no. 35). It is possible that they once formed a continuous view in a single canvas.
Sotheby's. Collections. London | 27 Sep 2012 www.sothebys.com
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