Live Auction 1986Important Old Master Paintings Part I And Part II
Jose Roma Valencia 1784-1847
Lot 307

Jose Roma Valencia 1784-1847

Flowers in a glass vase, with a Red Admiral, a basket of pink roses, a gourd, convolvuli, a tulip and other flowers on a stone pedestal; and Flowers in a vase decorated with the scene of Bacchus and Ariadne after Guido Reni, supported by putti, with oranges, peaches, and nasturtiums on a partially draped ledge

Closed15 April 2008

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Jose Roma Valencia 1784-1847
Flowers in a glass vase, with a Red Admiral, a basket of pink roses, a gourd, convolvuli, a tulip and other flowers on a stone pedestal; and Flowers in a vase decorated with the scene of Bacchus and Ariadne after Guido Reni, supported by putti, with oranges, peaches, and nasturtiums on a partially draped ledge
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 30 in. 62.5 x 76.2 cm. each
a pair (2)

(Possibly) Richard Sutton.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 1996, lot 329.

Specialist note

Reni's Bacchus and Ariadne was destroyed shortly after his death in 1650 but the image is widely known through contemporary copies and engravings by Bolognini and Frey.