ID 1105742
Los 25 | DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (BRITISH, 1796-1864)
Schätzwert
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Piazza of St Mark from the Canal, Venice
signed, inscribed and dated 'David Roberts. R.A. 1860.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 x 45 ¼ in. (68.7 x 114.8 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Ernest Gambart, 1860 (210 gns.), as a pair with Record Book no. 221, from whom purchased by
Louis Victor Flatou, as a pair, until 31 October 1860, from whom purchased for £735 by
Thomas Agnew & Sons, Liverpool, until 5 September 1861, where purchased by
John Farnworth of Woolton (†); Christie’s, London, 19 May 1874, lot 90 as St Mark’s Place, Venice (859 gns. to Agnew).
Andrew George Kurtz, 1 June 1874 (†); Christie’s, London, 9 May 1891, lot 84 as St Mark’s Place, incorrectly described as 'From the Hooton Hall Collection’.
with William Vokins, London.
Sir Thomas Lane Devitt (†); Christie’s, London, 16 May 1924, lot 155 as The Doge’s Palace, Venice, with gondolas and figures (55 gns. to Leggatt Bros.)
Howson Devitt, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
David Roberts’ Record Books, 1860, no. 222, Piazza of St Mark from the Canal, illustrated.
J. Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts RA, London, 1866, pp. 203, 253, no. 245 as Piazza of St Mark, Venice, from the Canal (incorrectly described as exhibited at the Royal Academy).
‘Munificent Legacies’, Liverpool Mercury, 8 April 1874.
Exhibited
Liverpool, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Exchange Fine Art Gallery, Collection of the late Mr John Farnworth, April 1874, unnumbered.
| Künstler: | David Roberts (1796 - 1864) |
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| Künstler: | David Roberts (1796 - 1864) |
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