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Francesco Zuccarelli
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Francesco Zuccarelli
- Italianate landscape with a rider and resting peasant to the left
- Bears the artist's monogram in pen and brown ink: FZ
- Pen and brown ink and brown, grey and reddish wash, heightened with white;
inscribed on the backing by John Barnard in pen and brown ink: N0 750 and 17 by 10 3/4; Bought at the Sale of Mr Zuccarelli's Drawings/at Langfords. the 3rd: April 1769. - 272 by 431 mm
Provenance
Sale, London, Langford's, 3 April 1769 (according to John Barnard's inscription on the backing, though no sale is recorded for this date);
John Barnard, London (L.1419 and L.1420) his inscriptions on the backing;
J.P. Heseltine, London;
Henry Oppenheimer, London,
his sale, London, Christie's, 10, 13-14 July 1936, part of lot 209;
Duc de Talleyrand, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt;
The British Rail Pension Fund,
from which acquired by the present owner
John Barnard, London (L.1419 and L.1420) his inscriptions on the backing;
J.P. Heseltine, London;
Henry Oppenheimer, London,
his sale, London, Christie's, 10, 13-14 July 1936, part of lot 209;
Duc de Talleyrand, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt;
The British Rail Pension Fund,
from which acquired by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages d'Italie, 1947, no. 247
Literature
J.P. Heseltine, Original Drawings by Old Masters of the Schools of North Italy in the collection of J. P. H., London 1906, no. 33
A. Morassi, Dessins Vénitiens du Dix-huitième Siècle de la Collection du Duc de Talleyrand, Milan 1958, p. 32, no. 74, reproduced, fig. 74
A. Morassi, Dessins Vénitiens du Dix-huitième Siècle de la Collection du Duc de Talleyrand, Milan 1958, p. 32, no. 74, reproduced, fig. 74
Condition
Laid down on the Barnard mount. Overall in quite good condition. A few spots of foxing scattered around. A small grey spot to the left corner. Sold mounted and framed on a wooden modern frame.
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.
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
This large, imaginary landscape and the similar drawing in the following lot may well both date from one of the artist's sojourns in England, where he worked from 1752 until 1762, and again from 1765 to 1771. The 1769 sale referred to in John Barnard's inscription on the reverse of the mount provides, however, a terminus ante quem for the dating of the present sheet. Such pictorial and finished drawings must have been made as works of art in their own right, for sale to collectors, or possibly to serve as modelli to be shown to potential clients for paintings.
Zuccarelli seems inspired here by the sort of imaginary Venetian landscapes in which Marco Ricci specialised, although Morassi (loc. cit.) stresses a stylistic link also with Claude Lorrain, and a debt to Francesco Guardi. The present sheet was formerly part of the famous collection of Venetian drawings formed by the Duc de Talleyrand, who seems to have inherited a passion for Venetian art from his uncle the Marquis de Biron (1859-1939).1 For further information on the Talleyrand collection, see note to lot 53.
1 A. Morassi, op. cit., Milan 1958, p. 9