Lot Essay
The present drawing was probably left unfinished by van Wittel.
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (1653-1736)
Details
Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (1653-1736)
A Valley with Mountains in the Distance
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, watermark encircled AJ below a lion
290 x 202mm.
A Valley with Mountains in the Distance
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, watermark encircled AJ below a lion
290 x 202mm.
Provenance
B. Cavaceppi.
V. Paccetti.
P. Fatio (his mark, not in Lugt); Rauch, Geneva, 13 June 1960.
With Agnews, The Italian Scene, Drawings by Vanvitelli, London, 1961.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 26 March 1963, lot 336 (315 gns. to Colnaghi).
V. Paccetti.
P. Fatio (his mark, not in Lugt); Rauch, Geneva, 13 June 1960.
With Agnews, The Italian Scene, Drawings by Vanvitelli, London, 1961.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 26 March 1963, lot 336 (315 gns. to Colnaghi).