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PROPERTY FROM VILLA AGNESI IN MONTEVECCHIA, LOMBARDY (LOTS 219-231 & 300-327)
Alessandro Longhi (Venice 1733-1813)
Portrait of a gentleman, full-length, in a powder-blue suit and coat, holding a tricorn hat and gloves, the Venetian Lagoon beyond
Details
Alessandro Longhi (Venice 1733-1813)
Portrait of a gentleman, full-length, in a powder-blue suit and coat, holding a tricorn hat and gloves, the Venetian Lagoon beyond
oil on canvas
79 ¾ x 44 7/8 in. (202.5 x 113.9 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, full-length, in a powder-blue suit and coat, holding a tricorn hat and gloves, the Venetian Lagoon beyond
oil on canvas
79 ¾ x 44 7/8 in. (202.5 x 113.9 cm.)
Provenance
Alessandro Brass , Venice, 1941 (as Pietro Longhi), and by descent to,
Italiaco Brass, Venice, before 1960 (as Alessandro Longhi), and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 324 (£27,600).
Italiaco Brass, Venice, before 1960 (as Alessandro Longhi), and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 324 (£27,600).
Literature
R. Pallucchini, La pittura veneziana del Settecento, Venice and Rome, 1960, p. 217, fig. 569.
T. Pignatti, Pietro Longhi, Venice, 1968, p. 139, under 'Pitture attribuite [a Pietro Longhi]' as 'Alessandro Longhi'.
T. Pignatti, Pietro Longhi, Venice, 1968, p. 139, under 'Pitture attribuite [a Pietro Longhi]' as 'Alessandro Longhi'.
Exhibited
Venice, Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, 1934, no. 76.
Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Mostra di pittura veneziana del Settecento, December 1941, no. 56 (as Pietro Longhi).
Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Mostra di pittura veneziana del Settecento, December 1941, no. 56 (as Pietro Longhi).
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