PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE) - photo 1
PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE) - photo 2
PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE) - photo 3

PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)

Lot 15
06.07.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 226 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 990520
Lot 15 | PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)

Cupid holding the reins of Mars' charger - a fragment

oil on canvas, unframed

31 x 20 7/8 in. (78.7 x 53.2 cm.)





Provenance

As part of the complete picture:

Painted for the Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612), and by inheritance in Prague, listed in the inventory of 1635, inv. no. 44, until the Sack of 1648, when taken by the Swedes, inventory of 1648, inv. no. 248 or 450.

Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689), Palazzo Riario, Rome, listed in the inventories of 1652, inv. no. 79, and 1662, inv. no. 1, in her posthumous inventory of 1689, inv. no. 9, by whom bequeathed with her collection to the following,

Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689), sold with his collection to the following,

Livio Odescalchi, Duca di Bracciano (1652-1713), listed in the posthumous inventories 1713, inv. no. 173 and 1721, inv. no. 12, and acquired, with 258 other pictures, from his heirs in 1721 by the following,

Philippe, duc d'Orléans, régent de France (1674-1723), and by descent at the Palais Bourbon to the following,

Philippe, duc d'Orléans, called Philippe-Égalité (1747-1793), with whose collection sold in 1791 to the following,

Viscount Joseph Édouard Sébastien de Walckiers (1756-1837), Paris, by whom sold in 1798 to the following,

Michael Bryan (1757-1821), on behalf of a consortium composed of,

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), George Granville, Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower, subsequently 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) and Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748-1825), by whom exhibited with other pictures from the Orléans Collection at Bryan's Pall Mall Gallery and the Lyceum, The Strand, 1798, no. 146, at a valuation of £200, and subsequently sold for £50 (see Waagen, op. cit.).

(Probably) Col. Matthew Smith (c. 1739-1812), Governor of the Tower of London; Christie's, London, 18 February 1804, lot 70, 'P. Veronese, Mars and Venus a truly capital Picture of the Master: from the Orleans Collection' (unsold at 91/2 gns.).

(Probably) Anonymous sale; Peter Coxe, London, 26 March 1805, lot 83, 'Paul Veronese, A grand Historical Picture from the Orleans Collection; the Portrait of the Emperor Charles the Fifth in the Character of Mars, unarming by Venus, attended by Cupids: a noble subject, grandly treated' (12 gns.).

This picture:

with Drey, London, 1951, when recognised by Federico Zeri.

Giovanni Magnavacca, London, by 1966, and by descent to the following,

Anonymous sale [The Property of the Magnavacca Family]; Christie's, London, 11 July 2001, lot 91, where acquired.



Literature

C. Ridolfi, Delle Maraviglie dell'Arte, Venice, 1648, I, p. 320.

W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, etc., London, 1824, I, p. 135.

G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, II, p. 498.

F. Zeri, 'Paolo Veronese: "Una reliquia del 'Marte et Venere' di Paolo"', Paragone, no. 117, 1959, pp. 43-6, fig. 28.

G. Briganti, 'Un ultra frammento del "Marte et Venere" di Paolo Veronese dipinto per Rodolfo d'Asburgo', Paragone, no. 125, 1960, p. 32.

R. Marini, L'opera completa del Veronese, Milan, 1968, p. 121, under no. 206.

F. Zeri, assisted by E. Gardner, Italian Paintings, A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Venetian School, New York, 1973, pp. 84-5, under no. 5.

W.R. Rearick, The Art of Paolo Veronese 1528-1588, exhibition catalogue, Washington, 1988, p. 132, under no. 67.



Exhibited

Stockholm, National Museum, Christina Queen of Sweden - a Personality of European Civilisation, 29 June-16 October 1966, no. 1197.



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.
Artist:Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588)
Auction house category:Paintings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
06.07.2023
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

More from Creator

PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)
PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)
$80 000
Paolo Veronese, Nachfolge - Die Anbetung der Könige
Paolo Veronese, Nachfolge - Die Anbetung der Könige
€1 200
CIRCLE OF PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)
CIRCLE OF PAOLO VERONESE (VERONA 1528-1588 VENICE)
£2 000
Paolo Veronese, Nachfolge - Die Anbetung der Könige
Paolo Veronese, Nachfolge - Die Anbetung der Könige
€1 800

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.
?>