Sold on Behalf of the Executry of
MANON, COUNTESS OF LOVELACE
Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780)
Details
Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780)
The Porta Santo Spirito, Rome, with the Via dei Penitenzieri and the Campanile of Santo Spirito in Sassia, a coach and peasants in the foreground; and The Arch of Titus, Rome, with the Wall and Gate of the Farnese Gardens and the Temple of Castor and Pollux beyond, two tourists in the foreground
38¾ x 29½in. (98.5 x 75cm.)a pair (2)
The Porta Santo Spirito, Rome, with the Via dei Penitenzieri and the Campanile of Santo Spirito in Sassia, a coach and peasants in the foreground; and The Arch of Titus, Rome, with the Wall and Gate of the Farnese Gardens and the Temple of Castor and Pollux beyond, two tourists in the foreground
38¾ x 29½in. (98.5 x 75cm.)a pair (2)
Provenance
Presumably acquired by Thomas, 5th Baron King (1712-1779) and by descent at Ockham Hall, Surrey, through William, 8th Baron King, created Earl of Lovelace in 1838
Offered at Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lots 82 and 83
Offered at Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lots 82 and 83
Literature
F. J. B. Watson, Canaletto, London, 1949, p. 17 (the second only) Catalogue of the Exhibition, Il Settecento a Roma, Rome, 19 March-31 May 1959, p. 60, under no. 70 (the first only)
W. G. Constable, Canaletto, Oxford, 1962, and subsequent editions, I, p. 125, and II, no. 386a
M. Levey, The Later Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 1964, p. 54, under no. 368 (the second only)
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto, London, 1972, II, pp. 54-55, nos. 74 and 72, both illustrated
E. Camesasca, L'opera completa del Bellotto, Milan, 1974, nos. 30 and 27, both illustrated
A. Busiri Vici d'Arcevia, In relazione all'opera romana di Bernardo Bellotto, Antichità Viva, Fasc. no. 5, 1976; reprinted in
A. Busiri Vici d'Arcevia, Scritti d'Arte, ed. B. Jatta, Rome, 1990, pp. 355 and 357, fig. 7 (the first only)
O. Millar in the catalogue of the exhibition, Canaletto Paintings and Drawings, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, 1980-1, p. 62, under no. 29 (the second only)
K. Baetjer and J. G. Links in the catalogue of the exhibition, Canaletto, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 30 Oct. 1989-21 Jan. 1990, p. 210, note 3
G. Marini in the catalogue of the exhibition, Bernardo Bellotto, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, 15 June-16 Sept. 1990, p. 70
W. G. Constable, Canaletto, Oxford, 1962, and subsequent editions, I, p. 125, and II, no. 386a
M. Levey, The Later Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 1964, p. 54, under no. 368 (the second only)
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto, London, 1972, II, pp. 54-55, nos. 74 and 72, both illustrated
E. Camesasca, L'opera completa del Bellotto, Milan, 1974, nos. 30 and 27, both illustrated
A. Busiri Vici d'Arcevia, In relazione all'opera romana di Bernardo Bellotto, Antichità Viva, Fasc. no. 5, 1976; reprinted in
A. Busiri Vici d'Arcevia, Scritti d'Arte, ed. B. Jatta, Rome, 1990, pp. 355 and 357, fig. 7 (the first only)
O. Millar in the catalogue of the exhibition, Canaletto Paintings and Drawings, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, 1980-1, p. 62, under no. 29 (the second only)
K. Baetjer and J. G. Links in the catalogue of the exhibition, Canaletto, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 30 Oct. 1989-21 Jan. 1990, p. 210, note 3
G. Marini in the catalogue of the exhibition, Bernardo Bellotto, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, 15 June-16 Sept. 1990, p. 70