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A bee orchid (Ophrys apifera Huds)
細節
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A bee orchid (Ophrys apifera Huds)
inscribed ‘392’ (upper and lower centre); ‘Testicolo Apino’, ‘Testicolo Apino’ (lower left) and ‘orchis Apiformis flore Purpurascen[...]/ Purpurascente/ Spetie di Testicoli/ da cui virtu è inunaltro/ 929’ (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys, hills, with letter ‘M’
39.1 x 24.9 cm (15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
A bee orchid (Ophrys apifera Huds)
inscribed ‘392’ (upper and lower centre); ‘Testicolo Apino’, ‘Testicolo Apino’ (lower left) and ‘orchis Apiformis flore Purpurascen[...]/ Purpurascente/ Spetie di Testicoli/ da cui virtu è inunaltro/ 929’ (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys, hills, with letter ‘M’
39.1 x 24.9 cm (15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
來源
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 138.
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 138.
出版
F. Askell, Il Museo cartaceo di Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Cassiano naturalista. Quaderni Puteani, I, 1992, pp. 57, 60, fig. 38.
F. Garbari and L. Tongiorgi, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. A Catalogue Raisonné. Series B. Natural History. Part Six. Flora. The Erbario Miniato and Other Drawings, I, London, 2007, no. 246, ill.
F. Garbari and L. Tongiorgi, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. A Catalogue Raisonné. Series B. Natural History. Part Six. Flora. The Erbario Miniato and Other Drawings, I, London, 2007, no. 246, ill.
注意事項
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
榮譽呈獻
Annabel Kishor
Specialist