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CIRCLE OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (Aussig 1728-1779 Rome)
CIRCLE OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (Aussig 1728-1779 Rome)
CIRCLE OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (Aussig 1728-1779 Rome)
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Property from the Collection of Marco and Cristina Grassi
CIRCLE OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (Aussig 1728-1779 Rome)

Mater Dolorosa

Details
CIRCLE OF ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (Aussig 1728-1779 Rome)
Mater Dolorosa
oil and gold on panel
14 ¼ x 10 ¼ in. (36 x 26 cm.)
Provenance
William A’Court (1779-1860), 1st Baron Heytesbury, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, and by descent to his son,
William Henry Ashe A'Court-Holmes (1809-1891), 2nd Baron Heytesbury.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 21 December 1939, lot 12, as Juan de Juanes (for 1,100 florins).
P. van Leeuwen, Boom, Holland.
Jac. Hecht, Germany.
[Property of a Lady]; Christie’s, London, 5 July 1996, lot 29.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, January-March 1887, no. 178, as ‘Juan Juannes’.

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Lot Essay

The first recorded owner of this painting, William A’Court, the first Lord Heytesbury, formed a notable collection of Spanish pictures when serving as British Ambassador extraordinary at Madrid in 1822-4. His collection included Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's Two Women at a Window, now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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