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North Italian School, 18th century

Architectural capriccio

Live auction begins on:

July 2, 10:00 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Bid

4,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

North Italian School, 18th century

Architectural capriccio


oil on canvas

unframed: 72.4 x 128.1 cm.; 28½ x 50⅜ in.

framed: 90.3 x 146.3 cm.; 35½ x 57⅝ in.

Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman of Title'), London, Christie's, 9 December 1994, lot 295 (as Pierre Antoine Patel), for £21,850;

Private collection, Berlin;

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 585 (as follower of Pierre Antoine Patel), for £15,600;

Private collection, Pasadena, California;

Art market, California;

Where acquired by the present owner.

N. Coural, Les Patel: Paysagistes du XVIIe siècle, Paris 2001, p. 336, no. PAPr46, reproduced (under rejected attributions; Italian (Venetian?), early 18th century).