A pair of Italian ebonised and parcel-gilt figures, Venice, circa 1740
Lot Closed
September 26, 10:59 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
possibly an allegory of Spring and Summer, depicting a male and female figure, one holding a cornucopia and each holding aloft a torchere base, standing on a rockwork base, decoration refreshed
each 145cm high; 57in.
Dr. Alessandro Morandotti;
Adolph Loewi, until 1954
Christie’s, New York, 23rd November 2010, lot 255.
Loan Exhibition of Italian Furniture, Los Angeles County Museum, February 1953, cat. 39.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, North Italian Furniture of the XVIIIe Century, 1953, no. 39, (illustrated).
Portland Art Museum, extended loan, 1999-2001.
Dr. Alessandro Morandotti was the director of Loewi's antiques firm in Venice when Loewi, a German Jew, was forced to flee Europe. He re-established the firm in Rome under the name Antiquaria and hid the fact that it continued to be a Jewish-owned business. The business was returned to Loewi after the war, who then sold it to Morandotti in 1950.
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