Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Samuel Palmer, R.W.S
La Vocatella near Corpo di Cava, Italy
Lot Closed
September 23, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Samuel Palmer, R.W.S
Newington 1805 - 1881 Redhill
La Vocatella near Corpo di Cava, Italy
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and scratching out
267 by 378 mm
sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 November 2006, lot 245;
with W.S. Fine Art, London;
sale, London, Christie's, 'Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer', 10 July 2012, lot 147
In 1837, Samuel Palmer married Hannah Linnell, daugther of John Linnell, RA. The couple embarked on a two year honeymoon to Italy where, perhaps inspired by his happy new circumstances, he created some of his finest watercolours.
The Palmers stayed at Corpo di Cava, which lies to the south of Naples near to Salerno.1 Another watercolour of the same scene, from a different viewpoint, is in the collection of the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield and another, dated 1844, was last recorded in 1961.2
1. E. Malins Samuel Palmer's Italian Honeymoon, London 1968, p. 73
2. R. Lister, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, London 1988, no. 311, pp. 126-27 & no 392, pp. 144-45., both illustrated