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Property from a Spanish Private Collection

Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio

Boys playing dice, a presentation modello

Lot Closed

April 28, 02:20 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Spanish Private Collection

Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio

Seville 1640 - 1695/8 (?) Place Unknown

Boys playing dice, a presentation modello


oil on canvas

unframed: 45.6 x 60 cm.; 18 x 23⅝ in.

framed: 63 x 77.4 cm.; 24⅞ x 30½ in.

Painted as a presentation modello for King Carlos II, between 1692 and 1694;
Gerald S. Davies, Master of Charterhouse;
His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 25 April 1927, lot 17 (as 'Vincencio'), where unsold;
Private collection, Gloucestershire;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 April 2009, lot 77;
With Derek Johns, London, 2010;
With Rafael Valls, London.