Live Auction 7610Important Old Master & British Pictures Day Sale Including Property From The Collection Of The Princely House Of Liechtenstein
Circle of Michele da Verona (Verona c. 1470-1536/44)
Lot 104

Circle of Michele da Verona (Verona c. 1470-1536/44)

A cavalry skirmish between Christians and Turks

Closed9 July 2008

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GBP 51,650

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Circle of Michele da Verona (Verona c. 1470-1536/44)
A cavalry skirmish between Christians and Turks
oil on canvas
41½ x 96¼ in. (105.4 x 244.4 cm.)

Karl I of Liechtenstein, First Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf (1569-1627), and by descent; in the Garden Palace at Rossau by 1873 (when recorded as being there by Falke, loc. cit.); moved to Schloss Eisgrub, Lednice, Bohemia, by 1888; taken to Vienna in November 1892, until November 1942, when returned to Schloss Eisgrub, until October 1944, when moved to Schloss Moosham, Unternberg, Lungau, until February 1945, when moved to Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, where displayed on the entrance wall of the Südrondell Saal until 2006.

Specialist note

This unusually ambitious secular canvas was tentatively attributed by Berenson to Michele da Verona as a late work. Like Michele's certain works, this reveals a strong Venetian influence.