The Alameda de Hercules, Seville, with soldiers fighting and carriages beyond

Details

Spanish School, 17th Century
The Alameda de Hercules, Seville, with soldiers fighting and carriages beyond
oil on canvas
43 1/8 x 64½ in. (109.5 x 163.8 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from a Canon in Seville, according to the 1853 sale catalogue, infra, (presumably) by Isidore-Justin-Séverin, baron Taylor (1789-1879), in circa 1835, for
H.M. King Louis-Philippe of the French (1773-1850); given to the Louvre but restored to the ex-King as his private property after his abdication of 1848 and sold by his heirs; Christie's, 21 May 1853, lot 492, as 'Velasquez de Silva' (63 gns. to Hoskins?).
Thomas Kibble, Green Trees Park, Kent; Christie's, London, 28 June 1879, lot 83, as 'Velasquez' (54 gns. to Dyce[?]).
Sir William James Farrer, Sandhurst Lodge, Berkshire, and 18 Upper Brook Street, London (1845-1906).

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Lot Essay

This picture formed part of the Spanish Gallery of King Louis-Philippe of France. A patron of the arts, Louis-Philippe's most important acquisition was that of 450 Spanish paintings that were purchased in Spain by the King's emissary, Isidore-Justin-Severin Taylor from 1835 to 1837. They were subsequently displayed in the Galerie Espagnole at the Palais du Louvre. Following Louis-Philippe's abdication in 1848, all the Spanish pictures were returned to him and were sold at Christie's, London, in 1853.

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