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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 25, 2023 | Christie's | New York | Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra | 60 | $****** - ****** | The Port of Ripa Grande, Rome |
paintings
51.4 x 101.3 cm (20.25 x 39.88 in)
oil on canvas
signed with artist's initials and dated ‘G W 1690' (lower right)
Marquis Isidore de Masclary (1799-1868), Montpellier, with its pendant , by descent in the family to,
Comte Joseph de Masclary (1870-1957), Tours, with its pendant, by inheritance to his wife,
Comtesse Marie Gabrielle Mathilde Chebrou de La Roulière (1880-1960), by descent in the family until sold,
[Property of a European Nobleman]; Christie's, London, 4 July 1997, lot 112, where acquired by the present owner.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages d'Italie , 1947, no. 138.
Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts, L'Art ancien dans les collections privées de Touraine , 12 July-20 September 1959, no. 22.
G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel e l'origine della veduta settecentesca , Rome, 1966, p. 213, no. 118.
G. Briganti, View Painters of Europe , Oxford, 1970, p. 5, pl. 4.
G. Briganti, Artisti in Roma nel Sei e Settecento , exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1988, p. 47.
E.A. Safarik and G. Milantoni, Fasto Romano: dipinti, sculture, arredi dei Palazzi di Roma , exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1991, p. 126, under no. 33.
L. Salerno, Pittori di vedute in Italia (1580-1830) , Rome, 1991, p. 87, no. 36.
G.-R. Flick, View Paintings of a European Collector , London, 1996, p. 16.
G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel , Milan, 1996, pp. 176, 200, no. 190 and under no. 121, illustrated.
S. Melikan, 'Risk Is Rising in Old Masters Game', The International Herald Tribune , 12-13 July 1997, p. 9.
S. Reyburn, 'Stepping forward a century - the remarkable rise of "newer" Old Masters', Antiques Trade Gazette ', 2-9 August 1997, p. 33, illustrated.
L. Laureati, L. Trezzani, et al. , 'Gaspare van Wittel, la vita e le opere', in Gaspare Vanvitelli e le origini del vedutismo , exhibition catalogue, Rome, 2002, p. 69.
GASPAR VAN WITTEL, CALLED VANVITELLI (AMERSFOORT 1652-1736 ROME)
The Port of Ripa Grande, Rome
signed with artist's initials and dated ‘G W 1690' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 39 7/8 in. (51.4 x 101.4 cm.)
