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Property from the collection of the late Visconde de Lançada

Vieira Portuense

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 18, 02:58 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of the late Visconde de Lançada

Vieira Portuense

Porto 1765 - 1805 Funchal

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine


signed and dated lower right: Vieira / Portuense / fecit Roma / 1790

oil on canvas

unframed: 62.4 x 81 cm.; 24½ x 31⅞ in.

framed: 91.2 x 109 cm.; 35⅞ x 42⅞ in.

Possibly acquired by Dom Alexandre de Sousa Holstein (1751-1803);

Probably in the collection of the Duques de Palmela, Lisbon;

Dom Alexandre de Sousa e Holstein Beck, Visconde de Lançada (1934-2014);

Thence by descent to the present owner.

The composition is inspired by a larger composition by Sassoferrato in a private collection.1

1 See F.M. de Lepinay (ed.), Il Sassoferrato: La Devota Bellezza, exh. cat., Ancona 2017, p. 152, no. 23, reproduced in colour p. 153.