Lot Essay
Nicholson suggests that the present picture records Bassano's composition in its original state and suggests that the picture at Hampton Court has been cut above and less significantly on the right.
THE PROPERTY OF THE FRIARS AT AYLESFORD
Attributed to Giambattista da Ponte, called Giambattista Bassano (1553-1613)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Details
Attributed to Giambattista da Ponte, called Giambattista Bassano (1553-1613)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
oil on canvas
60¼ x 86 7/8in. (153 x 220.5cm.)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
oil on canvas
60¼ x 86 7/8in. (153 x 220.5cm.)
Provenance
(Apparently) Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, and by inheritance through his younger brother Alexander Stewart of Ards (1746-1831) to
Lady Stewart-Bamm, Ards, County Donegal, Ireland; Christie's, 3 Dec. 1926, lot 122, as Jacopo da Bassano (120gns. to Urquhart).
Murray Urquhart and Hugh Blaker, by whom offered at Christie's, 11 July 1930, lot 112, as Jacopo Bassano, and lent to Lancing College Chapel, Sussex, until 1949.
Miss Blaker, Isleworth; (+) Christie's, 11 Feb. 1949, lot 7, as Jacopo Bassano (38gns. to Urquhart).
Murray Urquhart, Well House, Meopham, Kent, by whom bequeathed to the present owners.
Lady Stewart-Bamm, Ards, County Donegal, Ireland; Christie's, 3 Dec. 1926, lot 122, as Jacopo da Bassano (120gns. to Urquhart).
Murray Urquhart and Hugh Blaker, by whom offered at Christie's, 11 July 1930, lot 112, as Jacopo Bassano, and lent to Lancing College Chapel, Sussex, until 1949.
Miss Blaker, Isleworth; (+) Christie's, 11 Feb. 1949, lot 7, as Jacopo Bassano (38gns. to Urquhart).
Murray Urquhart, Well House, Meopham, Kent, by whom bequeathed to the present owners.
Literature
B. Nicolson, Di alcuni dipinti veneziani nelle collezioni reali d'Inghilterra, Arte Veneta, I, 1947, p. 226.
J. Shearman, The Early Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge, 1983, p. 22.
J. Shearman, The Early Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge, 1983, p. 22.