Collecting Passions – Old Master Paintings from an Important Private Collection
Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli
Frascati, a panoramic view of the town and its villas, with shepherds and their flock resting by a stream
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Collecting Passions – Old Master Paintings from an Important Private Collection
Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli
Amersfoort 1652/3–1736 Rome
Frascati, a panoramic view of the town and its villas, with shepherds and their flock resting by a stream
traces of a signature on the rocky outcrop on the right
oil on canvas
unframed: 62.8 x 124.4 cm.; 24¾ x 49 in.
framed: 83.2 x 143.8 cm.; 32¾ x 56⅝ in.
Acquired in Genoa in the 1930s;
Thence by descent;
Until sold (‘Property of a Lady’), London, Christie's, 9 July 2015, lot 49, for £400,000;
Where acquired by the present owner.
L. Laureati, in M.M. Breccia Fratadocchi and P. Puglisi (eds), Gaspar van Wittel: i disegni. La collezione della Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma, Rome 2013, pp. 152–53.
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