Descriptif du lot
We are grateful to Krystyna Matyjaszkiewicz for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
Figures by a church in Mainz, Germany
Details
DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
Figures by a church in Mainz, Germany
signed and dated 'D Roberts / 1831' (lower right) and inscribed 'Mitternachts / Gaffe' (on a sign) and with a further inscription 'Church of St. Clara / at Mayence' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on paper
12 3⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (31.5 x 22.4 cm.)
Figures by a church in Mainz, Germany
signed and dated 'D Roberts / 1831' (lower right) and inscribed 'Mitternachts / Gaffe' (on a sign) and with a further inscription 'Church of St. Clara / at Mayence' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on paper
12 3⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (31.5 x 22.4 cm.)
Provenance
Bought at Forthampton, Gloucestershire, 1960, by
Michael Ingram (his collectors mark, not in Lugt) (†); Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 238, where purchased for the present collection.
Michael Ingram (his collectors mark, not in Lugt) (†); Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 238, where purchased for the present collection.
Présenté par
Lucy Speelman
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale