Antonio Joli
A capriccio of a classical palace with Alexander at the Tomb of Achilles
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Antonio Joli
Modena 1700–1777 Naples
A capriccio of a classical palace with Alexander at the Tomb of Achilles
inscribed on the relined canvas, transcribed from the original: ‘Joli Fe.t 1762 / S: Pce Francauilla a Napoli / Fac-simile a quello che trovasi dietro la tela antica’; with two collection marks of the Infante Don Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón: S.G. surmounted by a crown
oil on canvas, oval
115.9 x 151 cm.; 45⅝ x 59½ in.
Probably commissioned by Don Michele Imperiali, Prince of Francavilla (1719–1782), resident at the Palazzo Giudice di Cellamare, Naples from 1760–1782 (where his collection was valued at 30,000 ducats);
Infante Don Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón (1811–1875), by whom bequeathed to his son
Don Luís de Borbón, Duque de Ansola, by whom bequeathed to his son
Don Manfredo de Borbón y Bernaldo de Quiros, Duque de Hernani (1893–1979);
Thence by descent in the Valdès Collection, Madrid;
Whence anonymously sold (‘The Property of a European Noble Family’), London, Christie’s, 8 December 2004, lot 59;
Where acquired.
R. Toledano, Antonio Joli, Modena 1700–1777 Napoli, Turin 2006, p. 92, no. C.V.1, reproduced in colour p. 38, plate I, and p. 93.
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