ID 819800
Lot 20 | ANTONIO JOLI (MODENA C. 1700-1777 NAPLES)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
A capriccio with the French Ambassador approaching the King of Siam’s Palace in a state barge, in October 1685, featuring the White Porcelain Pagoda, from Nanjing, China, on the left
oil on canvas
44 1/2 x 58 in. (113 x 147.3 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Sir John C.E. Shelley Rolls (1871-1951); (†), James Harris & Son, Winchester, 24 July 1951, lot 535.
Anonymous sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 26 May 1963, lot 1.
Anonymous sale; Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, Hotel George V, 29 June 1988, lot 14.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1990, lot 11,
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
R. Middione, Antonio Joli, Soncino, 1995, p. 54, no. 5, illustrated.
M. Manzelli, Antonio Joli: Opera Pittorica, Venice, 1999, p. 128, C. 13.
R. Toledano, Antonio Joli: Modena 1700-1777 Napoli, Turin, 2006, pp. 282-283, no. V.V.IX.1, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, A Curious Affair, the Fascination Between East and West, 17 June-3 September 2006, unnumbered.
| Artist: | Antonio Jolie (1700 - 1777) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Antonio Jolie (1700 - 1777) |
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