Live Auction 21459Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
VINCENZO LEONARDI (ROME 1589/1590-1646)
Lot 23

VINCENZO LEONARDI (ROME 1589/1590-1646)

Two unusual citron-lemons (Citrus limonimedica)

Closed4 July 2023

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GBP 18,900

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VINCENZO LEONARDI (ROME 1589/1590-1646)
Two unusual citron-lemons (Citrus limonimedica)
with numbers ‘78’ (upper right) and ‘79’ (lower right)
black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic, on two sheets cut and rejoined
37.4 x 14.1 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

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 147.

Specialist note

See under lot 22.