Lot 52
  • 52

Venetian School

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Venetian School
  • The meeting of the Ottoman and Venetian envoys at the Fortress of Imotski near the Blue lake, 1720
  • oil on canvas
  • 133 by 169cm., 52¼ by 66½in.

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are scattered spots and strokes of old retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably along a 19cm possible repaired diagonal tear above the riders in the lower left and a 5cm stroke with associated spots near the upper edge on the right. There is surface dirt and some yellowing of the varnish, and the work would benefit from a surface clean.
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Catalogue Note

The painted inscription reads: Unione delli Eccmi Sigri Commissarii delli Confini de Dala Mehmet efendi per l'Imperio Ottomano et Aluiso Mocenigo per la Serenma Repuba di Venetia Seguita sotto la Fortezza d'Imoschi l'anno 1720 a 10 Agosto.