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Thomas Barker of Bath
Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Thomas Barker of Bath
- Figures dancing the Saltarello, with a capriccio of Rome
- signed and dated lower right: T. Barker Senr./Pinxt. 1800
inscribed in old handwriting on a label affixed to the reverse of the canvas: A scene within the walls of Rome/with Trasteverini dancing the Saltarello/on a Festal Day before the Monastery/of St. Pietro Montano-/Painted by Thos Barker in the year/1800 & sold to Mr Bush of Doctors'/Commons for 400 guineas now in/the possession of Geo Fuller Esqre/of Weston Lane. Bath - oil on canvas
- 48 x 69 1/4 inches
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Mr. Bush of Doctor's Commons for 400 Guineas;
George Fuller, Weston Lane, Bath;
Joseph Dingwall, by 1857;
W.R. Pettigrew;
His sale, London, Christie's, 8 February 1929, lot 61;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2009, lot 31.
George Fuller, Weston Lane, Bath;
Joseph Dingwall, by 1857;
W.R. Pettigrew;
His sale, London, Christie's, 8 February 1929, lot 61;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2009, lot 31.
Exhibited
Manchester, Art Treasures, 1857, no. 416 (lent by Joseph Dingwall).