A view of the River Tiber, looking towards the Aventine Hill

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FRENCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A view of the River Tiber, looking towards the Aventine Hill
oil on canvas
39 x 53 1⁄8 in. (99 x 135 cm.)
inscribed 'Cenere no. 26' (lower left, on the barrel)

Provenance

Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 14 December 1934, lot 9, as 'W. Marlow', when acquired for 26 gns. by the following,
with Thomas Agnews & Sons, London, as 'William Marlow', where acquired in December 1935 by,
Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood (1900-1970), Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1994, lot 86, as 'William Marlow', when acquired by the present owner.

Literature

M. Vaussard, Daily Life in Eighteenth Century Italy, London, 1962, pl. 4, as 'William Marlow'.

Exhibited

London, Guildhall Art Gallery, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by William Marlow (1740-1813), 30 June-22 July 1956, no. 21, as 'William Marlow', lent by E.F. Collingwood.

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Lot Essay

Historically attributed to British painter William Marlow (1740-1813), this atmospheric landscape has more in common with the French artists who toured Italy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, like Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy (1757-1841) and his contemporaries, many of whom frequently exhibited their Italian views at the Paris Salon.

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