Frames from the Collection of the Richard Green Gallery | Part I
Frames from the Collection of the Richard Green Gallery | Part I
A fine 18th-century British 'Carlo Maratta' carved giltwood frame; 'full Carlo' with five orders of ornament
complex moulding profile; with enriched leaf on the ogee at the back edge; gadrooning with stopped channel flute at the top edge; ribbon-&-stave; applied acanthus-&-shield in the scotia; centred chain of husks at the sight edge
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April 5, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A fine 18th-century British 'Carlo Maratta' carved giltwood frame; 'full Carlo' with five orders of ornament
complex moulding profile; with enriched leaf on the ogee at the back edge; gadrooning with stopped channel flute at the top edge; ribbon-&-stave; applied acanthus-&-shield in the scotia; centred chain of husks at the sight edge
Overall: 126.3 x 100.7 cm.
Rebate: 105.8 x 78.6 cm.
Sight size: 100.9 x 75 cm.
Sir William FitzHerbert, 4th Bt. (1808-96);
Thence by descent until sold ('Lord St. Helens and Sir William FitzHerbert: The Collections of a Diplomat and a Courtier'), London, Christie's, 22 January 2009, lot 583, where acquired (when on Follower of Murillo, The Virgin and Child).1