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GASPAR VAN WITTEL, CALLED VANVITELLI | View of Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- View of Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore
- Pen and brown ink over black chalk, squared for transfer in red chalk;bears inscriptions in black chalk, verso: Isola Bella / Villa Borromeo / Vue sud du lac and bears numbering in red chalk: No. 10
- 368 by 495 mm; 14 1/2 by 19 1/2 in
Provenance
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Rome,
acquired by Vincenzo Pacetti, circa 1801;
Paul Fatio (L.3701),
his sale, Geneva, Rauch 13-15 June 1960, lot 399,
where acquired by Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd, London by 1961,
from whom acquired together with lot 404 (from the Rauch sale) by Professor S.F.C Milsom, Oxford,
his Estate sale, Cambridge, England, Cheffins, 16 June 2016, lot 676
Private Collection, UK
acquired by Vincenzo Pacetti, circa 1801;
Paul Fatio (L.3701),
his sale, Geneva, Rauch 13-15 June 1960, lot 399,
where acquired by Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd, London by 1961,
from whom acquired together with lot 404 (from the Rauch sale) by Professor S.F.C Milsom, Oxford,
his Estate sale, Cambridge, England, Cheffins, 16 June 2016, lot 676
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited
London, Agnew's, The Italian Scene: Drawings by Vanvitelli, 1961, no. 7;
Rome, Galleria Gasparrini, Vanvitelli ed altri vedutisti, 1966, no. 32
Rome, Galleria Gasparrini, Vanvitelli ed altri vedutisti, 1966, no. 32
Literature
G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel e l'origine della veduta settecentesca, Rome 1966, p. 276, no. 30d, reproduced;
A. Zwollo, Hollandse een Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome, 1675-1725, Assen 1973, p. 122, no. 243, reproduced, fig. 209;
G. Briganti, edition by L. Laureati and L. Trezzani, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan 1996 p. 335, no. D138, reproduced p. 336;
Gaspare Vanvitelli e l'origine del Vedutismo, exhib.cat., Rome, Chiostro del Bramante, 2002-3, p. 200, under no. 65
A. Zwollo, Hollandse een Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome, 1675-1725, Assen 1973, p. 122, no. 243, reproduced, fig. 209;
G. Briganti, edition by L. Laureati and L. Trezzani, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan 1996 p. 335, no. D138, reproduced p. 336;
Gaspare Vanvitelli e l'origine del Vedutismo, exhib.cat., Rome, Chiostro del Bramante, 2002-3, p. 200, under no. 65
Condition
Hinged to mount. Light yellow staining around the edges of the sheet. Upper right and lower right corners are missing. Ink stains, located lower right, possibly studio stains. Another light brown stain at the upper margin in the centre. Pen and ink and chalk still remain strong and vibrant.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Inspired by his time spent at Lago Maggiore, Vanvitelli produced a series of twelve paintings of the Borromean Islands, executed between 1684 and 1718. The present drawing, one of five known preparatory studies of the Islands, depicts Isola Bella of which four painted versions are known. This finely drawn study, squared for transfer in red chalk, portrays the island as seen from the Gulf of Borromeo. It does however, exclude the Palazzo Borromeo, which is included in the painted versions. Two of the paintings, in the Colonna collection, Rome, are dated to 1690 and Briganti gives the same date to the present sheet. Another drawing of Isola Bella by Vanvitelli, also owned by S.F.C Mieson, Oxford, was sold at Christie's, London in 2013 (see Provenance).1
1. Sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 2013, lot 27
1. Sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 2013, lot 27