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GASPAR VAN WITTEL, CALLED VANVITELLI (AMERSFOORT 1652-1736 ROME)

Lot 60
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ID 887484
Lot 60 | GASPAR VAN WITTEL, CALLED VANVITELLI (AMERSFOORT 1652-1736 ROME)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
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.)





Provenance

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.



Literature

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.



Exhibited

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.



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This lot is offered without reserve.
Artist:Caspar van Wittel (Vanvitelli, 1653 - 1736)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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