POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (LUCCA 1708-1787 ROME) - photo 1
POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (LUCCA 1708-1787 ROME) - photo 2
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POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (LUCCA 1708-1787 ROME)

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Auction dateClassic
06.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 990517
Lot 35 | POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (LUCCA 1708-1787 ROME)
POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (LUCCA 1708-1787 ROME)

Portrait of Sir Henry Mainwaring (1726-1797), half-length, in a green coat and red waistcoat, holding a tricorne in his left hand

oil on canvas

38 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. (98 x 72.5 cm.)





Provenance

By inheritance from the sitter to his half-brother, Thomas Mainwaring Wettenhall (1736-1798), and by descent to his son,

Sir Henry Mainwaring, 1st Bt. of Over Peover (2nd creation, 1804) (1782-1860), and by inheritance to his great-grandson,

Sir Harry Mainwaring, 5th Bt. (1878-1935) at Over Peover, and by descent to his elder daughter,

Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring (1914-1992), and by descent.



Literature

F. Russell, 'The British Portraits of Anton Raphael Mengs', National Trust Studies 1979, London, 1978, p. 13.

A. M. Clark & E. P. Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of His Works with an Introductory Text, London, 1985, p. 370.

E. P. Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2016, I, p. 277, no. 227.
Artist:Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708 - 1787)
Auction house category:Paintings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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