ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Lot 31
04.07.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 31 | ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Valeur estimée
£ 3 000 – 5 000
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Two cedar cones (Cedrus libani)

inscribed ‘562’ (upper right) and ‘563’ (lower right)

watercolour, bodycolour, watermark kneeling figure in a shield

36.7 x 21.6 cm (14 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)





Provenance

Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657), Rome; by descent to his brother,

Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); by descent to his grandson, from whom acquired by

Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), Rome; from whom acquired by his nephew in 1714,

Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), Rome; from whom acquired in 1762 by

King George III (1738-1820); since 1823 in the Royal Library, at Windsor Castle, until sold from the Dal Pozzo collection by the Royal Librarian, Sir John Fortescue (1859-1933) to

Jacob Mendelson (died 1970), London; where acquired in the late 1930s by

James R. Herbert Boone (1899-1983), New York; Sotheby’s, New York, 16-17 September 1988, lot 137.



Literature

F. Garbari and L. Tongiorgi Tomasi, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. A Catalogue Raisonné. Series B. Natural History. Part Six. Flora. The Erbario miniato and Other Drawings, II, London, 2007, no. 283, ill.



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