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A wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
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VINCENZO LEONARDI (ROME 1589/1590-1646)
A wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
inscribed ‘Lat. Palumbus Torquatus./ Ital. Piccion da ghianda.’ (upper right)
black chalk, watercolour, bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
32.5 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
A wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
inscribed ‘Lat. Palumbus Torquatus./ Ital. Piccion da ghianda.’ (upper right)
black chalk, watercolour, bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
32.5 x 33 cm (12 3/4 x 13 in.)
Provenance
Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657), Rome; by descent to his brother,
Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); by descent to his grandson, from whom acquired by
Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), Rome; from whom acquired by his nephew in 1714,
Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), Rome; from whom acquired in 1762 by
King George III (1738-1820); since 1823 in the Royal Library, at Windsor Castle, until sold from the Dal Pozzo collection by the Royal Librarian, Sir John Fortescue (1859-1933) to
Jacob Mendelson (died 1970), London; where acquired in the late 1930s by
James R. Herbert Boone (1899-1983), New York; Sotheby's, New York, 16-17 September 1988, lot 168.
Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); by descent to his grandson, from whom acquired by
Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), Rome; from whom acquired by his nephew in 1714,
Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), Rome; from whom acquired in 1762 by
King George III (1738-1820); since 1823 in the Royal Library, at Windsor Castle, until sold from the Dal Pozzo collection by the Royal Librarian, Sir John Fortescue (1859-1933) to
Jacob Mendelson (died 1970), London; where acquired in the late 1930s by
James R. Herbert Boone (1899-1983), New York; Sotheby's, New York, 16-17 September 1988, lot 168.
Literature
H. McBurney and C. Violani, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. A Catalogue Raisonné. Series B. Natural History. Parts Four and Five. Birds, Other Animals and Natural Curiosities, I, London, 2017, no. 124, ill.
Special notice
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