ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY - photo 1

ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Sold
£ 6 300
Auction dateClassic
04.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 991665
Lot 30 | ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

A bee orchid (Ophrys apifera Huds)

inscribed ‘392’ (upper and lower centre); ‘Testicolo Apino’, ‘Testicolo Apino’ (lower left) and ‘orchis Apiformis flore Purpurascen[...]/ Purpurascente/ Spetie di Testicoli/ da cui virtu è inunaltro/ 929’ (lower right)

watercolour and bodycolour, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys, hills, with letter ‘M’

39.1 x 24.9 cm (15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)





Provenance

Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657), Rome; by descent to his brother,

Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); by descent to his grandson, from whom acquired by

Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), Rome; from whom acquired by his nephew in 1714,

Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), Rome; from whom acquired in 1762 by

King George III (1738-1820); since 1823 in the Royal Library, at Windsor Castle, until sold from the Dal Pozzo collection by the Royal Librarian, Sir John Fortescue (1859-1933) to

Jacob Mendelson (died 1970), London; where acquired in the late 1930s by

James R. Herbert Boone (1899-1983), New York; Sotheby’s, New York, 16-17 September 1988, lot 138.



Literature

F. Askell, Il Museo cartaceo di Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Cassiano naturalista. Quaderni Puteani, I, 1992, pp. 57, 60, fig. 38.

F. Garbari and L. Tongiorgi, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. A Catalogue Raisonné. Series B. Natural History. Part Six. Flora. The Erbario Miniato and Other Drawings, I, London, 2007, no. 246, ill.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Applied technique:Сhalk, Painted, Watercolor
Medium:Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic, Stone
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
04.07.2023
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.