
Lot 6028 - ibid146 Old Master Paintings - online only - Wednesday, 25. September 2024, 02.00 PM
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Provenance:
- By descent to the collection of The Lady Anne Bentinck (1916–2008)
- Sale Christie's, London, 20.11.1981, Lot 104 (inscribed verso).
- Ex Knight 15.9.1987 (inscribed verso).
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 31.10.1990, Lot 48 (inscribed verso).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature:
- C. Taylor: Catalogue of the pictures belonging to his Grace the Duke of Portland K. G., Privatdruck 1861, nos. 253–258 and 260 (inscribed verso).
- Richard William Goulding und C. K. Adams: Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to his Grace the Duke of Portland, K. G., Cambridge 1936, p. 104, nos. 53–59.
Oil on canvas, old relining. One with a restored canvas tear. Paint surface with a fine network of craquelure. Superficial scratches visible in places. Slight canvas stretcher marks and colour abrasions along the edges in places.Under UV: some retouching on the figures and in the background. Varnish appears in fluorescent green.Frame: each ca. 75 × 88 cm.
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 4 625 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.