Live Auction 20948Au Bord Du Lac: An interior by François-Joseph Graf
A PAIR OF CASTELLI MAIOLICA RECTANGULAR PLAQUES
Lot 176

A PAIR OF CASTELLI MAIOLICA RECTANGULAR PLAQUES

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, EACH WITH BLACK SCRIPT AB (?) MARK TO REVERSE

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A PAIR OF CASTELLI MAIOLICA RECTANGULAR PLAQUES
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, EACH WITH BLACK SCRIPT AB (?) MARK TO REVERSE
One painted with a scene of soldiers on horseback, titled DISFATTA DELLI AMALAGITI on a scrolling banner, the other with Giuseppe in a horse drawn chariot, accompanied by supporters, titled TRIONFO DI GIUSEPPE on a scrolling banner, each in an ebonised wood frame with gilt-metal putto mount
12 1⁄8 x 8 3⁄4 in. (30.8 x 22.3 cm.)

Acquired from Alain & Gerard SARL Antiquitiés, Paris, 2005.

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A set of four Castelli plaques depicting the Continents, each with a similar scrolling title label as those on the pair in the present lot, were sold by Sotheby's, New York, on 10 October 2013, lot 14, where they were associated with the workshop of Francesco Antonio Saverio Grue. However, the painting on this pair of plaques also shares similarities in style to those painted in the Gentili workshop in the first half of the 18th century.