Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Simone Pomardi
The Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum to the right
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Simone Pomardi
Monte Porzio 1757–1830 Rome
The Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum to the right
signed and dated in pen and ink on the original mount: Sim.e Pomardi 1791; bears pencil inscription on the mount: Vue de L'arc de Constantin à Rome
watercolour and gouache over etched outlines
510 by 725 mm
Probably Charles Hippolyte, Vicomte Vilain XIIII (1796-1873),
His son Adrien Stanislas Paul Ghislain, Vicomte Vilain XIIII (1861-1940),
His daughter Marie-Thérèse Ernestine Alphonsine Vilain XIIII (1894-1950),
Thence by descent to the present owners
This drawing has been owned since the late 18th or early 19th century by the Vilain XIIII family, the only known example of a family whose name incorporates Roman numerals. This unusual name is recorded from the beginning of the 17th century, but probably originated even earlier. The collection was chiefly formed by Charles (known as 'Hippolyte') Vilan XIIII (1796-1873), largely in Italy between 1830 and 1840, when the Vicomte represented the Belgian crown at Turin, Parma, Lucca and at the court of the King of Naples. The collection was not, though, solely devoted to Italian art, including works from all European schools, acquired both at home and abroad. 83 drawings from the Vilain XIIII collection were sold at Sotheby's in London, on 11 June 1981, but the present drawing has passed directly from the historic Vilain XIIII collection to the present owners.
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