Study of the interior of the Church of San Lorenzo, Rome

Details

DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
Study of the interior of the Church of San Lorenzo, Rome
inscribed and dated 'San Lorenzo Rome Nov^r 18^th 1835' (lower right)
pencil, grey, pink and blue wash, heightened with white on blue-green paper
9 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (24.6 x 35 cm.)

Provenance

Possibly Henry Sanford Bicknell (†); Christie's, London, 7 April 1881, lot 280, where acquired by
Lady Selfe.
Miss Christine Leonard (by 1951); Christie's, London, 10 October 1952, lot 60 (unsold).
Jeremiah Colman; Christie's, London, 25 March 1955, lot 46 (3 gns to Meteyard), where acquired by
Fred Meteyard, from whom acquired by
Michael Ingram (his collectors mark, not in Lugt) (†); Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 237, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

Southport Art Gallery, Local Art Treasures, 1951.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The present drawing was misdated by Roberts, having been executed in 1853, during his trip to Rome.
We are grateful to Krystyna Matyjaszkiewicz for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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