Property from an Important Private Collection
ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT FREEBAIRN, A.O.W.S. | A PAIR OF ITALIANATE LANDSCAPES
Auction Closed
November 12, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT FREEBAIRN, A.O.W.S.
London 1764 - 1808
A PAIR OF ITALIANATE LANDSCAPES
a pair, both oil on canvas
each: 47 x 72 cm.; 18½ x 28⅜ in.
(2)
Private collection, UK.
This pair of landscapes are attributed to Robert Freebairn, a landscapist thought to be of Scottish descent and is said to have trained with the fatehr of British landscape painting, the great Richard Wilson RA (1417-1782). Freebairn is known to have travelled through Italy throughout the late 1780s; he returned to England in 1791 with a storehouse of material, on which he drew during the rest of his life.