After Paolo Caliari, il Veronese
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After Paolo Caliari, il Veronese

Wisdom and Strength

已結束2015年7月10日

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GBP 12,500

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After Paolo Caliari, il Veronese
Wisdom and Strength
inscribed 'OMNIA VANITAS' (lower left, of the column)
oil on canvas
88 ¼ x 65 ¼ in. (224.2 x 165.8 cm.) not including a further 20 cm. of painted canvas folded over the bottom of the stretcher
in a composition frame, probably designed by Robert Adam, made for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, for Luton Park, Bedfordshire

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792), framed c. 1772/4 to be hung at Luton Park, possibly over one of the chimneys in the Saloon where Reynolds' portraits of the 3rd Earl and his wife were subsequently placed, and by descent to his son,
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814), Luton Hoo, where recorded in the inventories of 1799, p. 41 (Saloon), and 1822, no. 79 (Saloon), and by descent to,
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (1933-1993); (†) Christie's, London, 9 December 1994, lot 343 (£23,000), when acquired by the present owner.

專家說明

The original, of similar dimensions, is in the Frick Collection, New York.