Lot Essay
Professor Michael Mahoney has kindly confirmed the attribution to Rosa, on the basis of a photograph, in a communication dated 6 May 2007, noting that it is 'a very fine and desirable landscape'.
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A wooded landscape with travellers on a path
Details
Salvator Rosa (Arnella 1615-1673 Rome)
A wooded landscape with travellers on a path
with inscription 'Cesare Gennaro' (verso, laid down)
pen and two shades of brown ink, on an 18th Century mount
8¼ x 11½ in. (210 x 291 mm.)
A wooded landscape with travellers on a path
with inscription 'Cesare Gennaro' (verso, laid down)
pen and two shades of brown ink, on an 18th Century mount
8¼ x 11½ in. (210 x 291 mm.)
Provenance
R. Udny (L. 2248), his mount.
W. Esdaile (L. 2617); Christie's, London, 18 June 1840, lot 460 (£1.2s. to Buchan).
C.S. Bale (L. 640); Christie's, London, 9 June 1881, lot 2443 (£2.15s to Mayo, with lot 2444).
Dr and Mrs Francis Springell; Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1962, lot 32 (as Cesare Gennari).
with P. & D. Colnaghi, London.
W. Esdaile (L. 2617); Christie's, London, 18 June 1840, lot 460 (£1.2s. to Buchan).
C.S. Bale (L. 640); Christie's, London, 9 June 1881, lot 2443 (£2.15s to Mayo, with lot 2444).
Dr and Mrs Francis Springell; Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1962, lot 32 (as Cesare Gennari).
with P. & D. Colnaghi, London.
Exhibited
London, P. & D. Colnaghi, Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr & Mrs Francis Springell, 1959, no. 26 (as Cesare Gennari).
Special notice
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