Lot 714
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A NORTH ITALIAN PAINTED WALL PANEL
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A NORTH ITALIAN PAINTED WALL PANEL

CIRCA 1800, POSSIBLY MARCHE

Details
A NORTH ITALIAN PAINTED WALL PANEL
CIRCA 1800, POSSIBLY MARCHE
Tempera on canvas, depicting putti with foliate garlands above grotesques
138 cm. high x 345 cm. wide
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This wall panel is typical of the Neo-classical style wall panellings favoured in Italy in the late 18th and early 19th century. Often having a white ground sparsely adorned with putti and Roman inspired designs, or armorial trophies. For examples of this type of wall panelling see E. Colle, Il Mobile Neoclassico in Italia, Milan, 2005, pp. 284-297.

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