JOHANN ZOFFANY, R.A. (FRANKFURT 1733-1810 LONDON)

Lot 63
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Lot 63 | JOHANN ZOFFANY, R.A. (FRANKFURT 1733-1810 LONDON)
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
JOHANN ZOFFANY, R.A. (FRANKFURT 1733-1810 LONDON)
The Sayer Family of Richmond
oil on canvas
40 x 50 in. (101.5 x 127 cm.)
in a contemporary Maratta frame




Provenance

Commissioned from the artist by Robert Sayer (1725-1794) or his son, James Sayer (born c. 1757), and by descent in the family to,
Miss Sayer, and by whom sold; Sotheby's, London, 31 July 1934, lot 119 (£980 to Permain).
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951).
M. Adams-Acton, London; Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1964, lot 57, as 'John Zoffany' (£1,400 to Agnew).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, and from whom acquired in 1969 by,
The Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas and by whom sold; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 126, as 'Manner of Johann Zoffany'.
with Leger Galleries, London, as 'Johann Zofany', where acquired by,
Private collection, London, and by whom sold; Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 2004, lot 242, as 'Circle of Johann Zoffany.'
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 27 October 2011, lot 138, as 'Circle of Johann Zoffany', where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

Lady V. Manners, 'John Zoffany, R.A.', The Connoisseur, XLVIII, 1917, p. 78.
Lady V. Manners and G.C. Williamson, Johan Zoffany, R.A., His Life and Works, privately published, 1920, pp. 37 and 231.
S. Fisher, The makers of the blueback charts: a history of Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd, Cambridge, 2001.
S. Fisher, ‘Sayer, Robert (1724/5-1794), print, map, and chart publisher’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, XLIX, Oxford, 2004, pp. 161-163.
P. Treadwell, Johan Zoffany: Artist and adventurer, London, 2009, pp. 203-205, illustrated.
M. Postle, ed. Johann Zoffany RA: Society Observed, exhibition catalogue, New Haven and London, 2011-2012, p. 254.
D. Wilson, Johann Zoffany RA and The Sayer Family of Richard: A Masterpiece of Conversation, London, 2014.
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