ROMAN SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
15000GBP £ 15 000
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ID 1443158
Lot 156 | ROMAN SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
Portrait of an architect, possibly Carlo Fontana (1634/38–1714), half-length, in a black cape over a white shirt, holding the plan of a church
signed 'JB. In.(?) fecit' (lower right, on the architectural plan)
oil on canvas
38 3/8 x 31 5/8 in. (97.5 x 80.4 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) John Tremenheere; his anonymous sale (†), Christie's, London, 7 December 1821 [=1st day], lot 13, (part lot) 'Seven Portraits, viz. John Wilkes, an Architect, a Divine, an Equestrian Portrait, a Lady, and two others' (5 shillings to Heath).
Baron John Heath, F.R.S., F.S.A. (1790-1879), former Italian Consul-General; (†), Christie's, London, 8 March 1879, lot 116, as 'Cavaliere Bernini - Portrait of Himself' (12 gns. to A.C.).
Acquired at auction in England in the 1940s by the uncle of the seller at the following,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 123, as 'North Italian School, circa 1640', where acquired by the father of the present owner.
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