Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Pompeo Batoni
Recto: Studies of Hercules for The Choice of Hercules Verso: Drapery studies
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 6, 12:46 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Pompeo Batoni
Lucques 1708 - 1787 Rome
Recto: Studies of Hercules for The Choice of Hercules
Verso: Drapery studies
Red chalk heightened with white, on blue paper
395 by 272 mm
Private Collection, UK;
Veuve Galippe, Amsterdam,
her sale, Amsterdam, de Vries, 27-29 March 1923, part of lot 515 (as Anton Raphael Mengs);
Dr. Fritz Haussmann, Berlin;
Carmen, Countess Finckenstein, Zurich and Ascona;
with Yvonne ffrench, London, Exhibition of Old Master and Early English Drawings, presented by Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, 1960, no. 27;
with Helene Seiferheld, New York;
Private Collection, New York;
with Spencer Samuels, New York, by 1991,
where acquired by Dr. John O'Brien (L.4230),
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O'Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings, 27 January 2021, lot 266;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 July 2021, lot 112
The lot is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heir of Dr. Fritz Haussmann. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
E.P. Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, 2 vols, Houston 2016, vol I, p. 216, under cat. no. 184 and vol, II, p. 662, no. D90 (not reproduced)