Lot 155
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William Blundell Spence

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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • William Blundell Spence
  • Illuminations on the Arno River at the feast of San Giovanni, Florence
  • Oil on paper;
    signed and inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: Illuminations on the Arno - Florence / Fète of San Giovanni / Spence. fecit.

Catalogue Note

William Blundell Spence, born in Yorkshire, was an artist and art dealer.  In 1836 he travelled to Florence where he remained for the rest of his life.  The present work, in which he captures the festivites of the Feast of San Giovanni, was surely painted there.