Property from the Estate of Stanley Moss, Sold Without Reserve
Vincenzo Leonardi and other anonymous hands
A composite album page from the "Museo Cartaceo", including a study after the Palestrina Mosaic and seven other drawings
No reserve
Auction Closed
June 2, 05:22 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Stanley Moss, Sold Without Reserve
Vincenzo Leonardi (Rome 1589/90–1646) and other anonymous hands
A composite album page from the "Museo Cartaceo", including a study after the Palestrina Mosaic and seven other drawings
Various drawn media; four of the eight sheets bear Museo Cartaceo numberings in brown ink: 535, 1054, 1055, 1372 and 1147
The smallest: 48 by 84 mm; 1 ⅞ by 3 ¼ in.
The largest: 154 by 203 mm; 6 by 8 in.
Commissioned by Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657), Rome,
Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689), Rome,
thence by descent to Cosimo Antonio dal Pozzo (1684-1740), Rome;
Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), the Vatican, acquired in 1703;
Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), Rome;
King George III (1738-1820), London, acquired through James Adam in 1762;
Richard Dalton (1715-1791), London;
John MacGowan (d. 1803), Edinburgh, acquired in 1791;
Charles Townley (1737-1805), London, acquired in 1804,
John Townley;
Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878), Dunblane, acquired in 1865,
thence by descent;
sale, London, Phillips, 12 December 1990, Lot 264 (as Italian School, 17th Century),
where acquired
Rome, Galleria nazionale d’arte antica, Palazzo Barberini, I segreti di un collezionista: le straordinarie raccolte di Cassiano dal Pozzo 1588–1657, 2000, no. 186