RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD 1802-1828 LONDON) - photo 1
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RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD 1802-1828 LONDON)

Estimate value
£ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
Auction dateClassic
02.07.2024 19:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1239226
Lot 23 | RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD 1802-1828 LONDON)
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD 1802-1828 LONDON)
The Rialto, Venice
oil on millboard
13 7/8 x 17 ¾ in (35.3 x 45.2 cm)




Provenance

Probably sold in one of the artist's posthumous studio sales;
(Possibly one of the following) Bonington sale (†); Sotheby and Son, London, 29-30 June 1829, lot 105, 'View of the Rialto at Venice, Framed', acquired by Lord Townshend; or lot 214, 'Bridge of Rialto', acquired by Molteno; or lot 216, 'The Rialto', acquired by Barnet; or Bonington sale (†); Christie's, London, 24 May 1834 (=2nd day), lot 145, 'View of the Rialto at Venice, with vessels, gondolas, and figures - a beautifully clear picture', acquired by Webb.
If the latter, then Sir Henry Webb, 7th Bt. (1806-1874); his sale, Paillet-Bonnefons, Paris, 23-24 May 1837, lot 16, 'Le pont de Rialto', or lot 20, 'La vue du pont de Rialto et des maisons qui bordent le canal'.
Thos. Neck, 39 Albemarle Street, London; Christie's, London, 26 April 1884, lot 125.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, by 1966.
D. Hellings, Buckinghamshire.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 21 November 1980, lot 125.
with Alex Reid and Lefèvre, London, by 1983.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 16 November 1988, lot 102, when acquired by the present owner.



Literature

M. Spencer, 'An Unknown Bonington', The Burlington Magazine, CVII, December 1966, pp. 641 and 642, fig. 51.
D. Sutton, Venice Rediscovered: Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Venice in Peril Fund, London, 1972, p. 47, under no. 2.
E. Forssman, Venedig in der Kunst und im Kunsturteil des 19 Jahrhunderts, Stockholm, 1971, pp. 113-5, fig. 37.
M. Cormack, Richard Parkes Bonington, Oxford, 1989, pp. 108 and 124, pl. 85.
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington: On the Pleasure of Painting, exhibition catalogue, New Haven and Paris, 1991, p. 215, under no. 99.
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings, New Haven and London, 2008, pp. 312 and 313, no. 246, illustrated.



Exhibited

Venice, Museo Correr, Venezia nell'Ottocento: immagini e mito, 17 December 1983-18 March 1984, no. 18.
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