ID 991678
Lot 45 | ROSALBA CARRIERA (VENICE 1675-1757)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
A muse, her head crowned with laurels, holding a book
pastel, on blue paper, laid down on canvas
64.7 x 52.5 cm (25 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 29 January 1997, lot 96.
Literature
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, London, online edition (accessed May 2023), no. J.21.1656, ill.
Exhibited
Madrid, Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, El triunfo de Venus. La imagen de la mujer en la pintura veneciana del siglo XVIII, 1997-1998, no. 18, ill.
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: | Rosalba Carriera (1673 - 1757) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Artist: | Rosalba Carriera (1673 - 1757) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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