Old Masters Day Sale
Old Masters Day Sale
Property from an Important Private Collection
Auction Closed
December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
ANTONIO JOLI
Modena 1700 - 1777 Naples
A capriccio view of a classical portico with Alexander The Great before the tomb of Achilles
oil on canvas
43.2 x 61 cm.; 17 x 24 in.
Professor John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861);
His sale et al., London, Christie's, 6 July 1861, lot 98, for £7–10s. to the Marquess of Bristol;
Frederick, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (1834–1907), and thence by descent at Ickworth, Suffolk, until the mid-1990s;
Private collection, UK
Both Antonio Joli and Giovanni Paolo Panini produced variations on this composition on several occasions. A much larger, autograph version by Joli is in the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire.1 A further version by Panini with very similar staffage was sold Christie's, New York, 14 January 1993, lot 77.
1 122 x 182.9 cm.; see R. Toledano, Antonio Joli, Turin 2006, p. 95, cat. no. C.V.3, reproduced.