Live Auction 17346Visions of Collecting: Royal and Aristocratic, An Important Private Collection
A NORTH ITALIAN PALE GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FRAME
Lot 162

A NORTH ITALIAN PALE GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FRAME

TURIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GIUSEPPE MARIA BONZANIGO

Closed19 September 2019

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GBP 5,000

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A NORTH ITALIAN PALE GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FRAME
TURIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GIUSEPPE MARIA BONZANIGO
Surmounted by ribbon-tied floral swag, carved with foliage and with ribbon and rosette guilloche borders, incorporating a later convex mirror, the frame partly re-backed, re-decorated
38 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 26 ½ in. (67 cm.) wide

Acquired from Rossi, Turin and sold
A Rococo Fantasy; Treasures from a Bavarian Collection; Christie's, London, 6 November 2008, lot 116.

Specialist note

The fine detailed carving of this frame is characteristic of the circle of carvers and cabinet-makers in Turin patronized by the Royal family. The most celebrated of these was Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), who worked for the Court from 1773, though many other skilled craftsmen and intagliatori were commissioned to provide work for Stupinigi, Moncalieri, Venaria, Rivoli and most especially the Palazzo Reale in the centre of Turin.