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A Lifelong Pursuit: Important Italian Paintings from a Distinguished Private Collection
PARIS BORDONE (TREVISO 1500-1571 VENICE)
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist in an extensive landscape
Details
PARIS BORDONE (TREVISO 1500-1571 VENICE)
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas, transferred from panel
40 ¼ x 60 3⁄8 in. (102.2 x 153.4 cm.)
inscribed 'ECCE·AGNV[S]·DE[I]' (lower center, on the scroll around the cross)
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas, transferred from panel
40 ¼ x 60 3⁄8 in. (102.2 x 153.4 cm.)
inscribed 'ECCE·AGNV[S]·DE[I]' (lower center, on the scroll around the cross)
Provenance
(Possibly) Gian Vincenzo Imperiale (1582-1648), Procurator and Admiral of Genoa (c. 1582-1648), Palazzo di Campetto, Genoa, recorded in his 1648 posthumous inventory, and by descent to his son,
(Possibly) Francesco Maria Imperiale (c. 1606-1678), Genoa.
Francesco Maria Balbi, Genoa, 1665, and by whom sold in 1667 to,
Queen Christina of Sweden (1627-1689), Palazzo Riario, Rome, and by whom bequeathed with the rest of her collection to,
Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689), Rome, by whom bequeathed with the rest of his collection to his nephew,
Marchese Pompeo Azzolino (d. 1696), by whom in sold in 1703 with the rest of the collection to,
Principe Livio Odescalchi, Duca di Bracciano (1652-1713), Rome, and by inheritance with the collection to his cousin,
Principe Baldassare Odescalchi-Erba (1683-1746), and by whom sold in 1721 with the rest of the collection through Pierre Crozat (1665-1740) to,
Philippe II (1715-1723), duc d'Orléans, Regent of France, and by descent to,
Louis Philippe Joseph (1747-1793), duc d'Orléans, called Philippe Egalité, by whom sold in 1792 with the rest of the collection to,
Vicomte Edouard de Walkuers (1758-1837), Brussels, by whom sold to,
François Louis Joseph de Laborde de Méréville (1761-1801), by whom brought to England and consigned with Jeremiah Harman, and sold with the rest of the collection to,
Michael Bryan, on behalf of a consortium consisting of,
Francis Egerton (1736-1803), 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, his nephew George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), Earl Gower, later 2nd Marquis of Stafford and 1st Duke of Sutherland, and Frederick Howard (1748-1825), 5th Earl of Carlisle, by whom exhibited as a group at Michael Bryan's Pall Mall Gallery and the Lyceum, The Strand, 1798, as Giorgone, and retained by the Duke of Bridgewater, Cleveland House, St. James's, London, and by whom bequeathed in life interest to his nephew and consortium-partner, Earl Gower, with reversion to the latter's second son,
Lord Francis Leveson Gower (1800-1857), later Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, who rebuilt Cleveland House as Bridgewater House, and by descent until sold,
[Sold by order of the Trustees of the Ellesmere 1939 Settlement]; Christie's, London, 2 July 1976, lot 82.
Private collection, Bonn, by 1984.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 May 2000, lot 76, where acquired by,
Private collection, and by whom sold,
[The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 33, where acquired by the present owner.
(Possibly) Francesco Maria Imperiale (c. 1606-1678), Genoa.
Francesco Maria Balbi, Genoa, 1665, and by whom sold in 1667 to,
Queen Christina of Sweden (1627-1689), Palazzo Riario, Rome, and by whom bequeathed with the rest of her collection to,
Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689), Rome, by whom bequeathed with the rest of his collection to his nephew,
Marchese Pompeo Azzolino (d. 1696), by whom in sold in 1703 with the rest of the collection to,
Principe Livio Odescalchi, Duca di Bracciano (1652-1713), Rome, and by inheritance with the collection to his cousin,
Principe Baldassare Odescalchi-Erba (1683-1746), and by whom sold in 1721 with the rest of the collection through Pierre Crozat (1665-1740) to,
Philippe II (1715-1723), duc d'Orléans, Regent of France, and by descent to,
Louis Philippe Joseph (1747-1793), duc d'Orléans, called Philippe Egalité, by whom sold in 1792 with the rest of the collection to,
Vicomte Edouard de Walkuers (1758-1837), Brussels, by whom sold to,
François Louis Joseph de Laborde de Méréville (1761-1801), by whom brought to England and consigned with Jeremiah Harman, and sold with the rest of the collection to,
Michael Bryan, on behalf of a consortium consisting of,
Francis Egerton (1736-1803), 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, his nephew George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), Earl Gower, later 2nd Marquis of Stafford and 1st Duke of Sutherland, and Frederick Howard (1748-1825), 5th Earl of Carlisle, by whom exhibited as a group at Michael Bryan's Pall Mall Gallery and the Lyceum, The Strand, 1798, as Giorgone, and retained by the Duke of Bridgewater, Cleveland House, St. James's, London, and by whom bequeathed in life interest to his nephew and consortium-partner, Earl Gower, with reversion to the latter's second son,
Lord Francis Leveson Gower (1800-1857), later Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, who rebuilt Cleveland House as Bridgewater House, and by descent until sold,
[Sold by order of the Trustees of the Ellesmere 1939 Settlement]; Christie's, London, 2 July 1976, lot 82.
Private collection, Bonn, by 1984.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 May 2000, lot 76, where acquired by,
Private collection, and by whom sold,
[The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 33, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Inventario de' quadri della casa de Genova stimati [in] scuti d'argento, 1648, no. 61, described as 'Una Madonna con Santo Gio. Batta di etta di anni 33 in tavola del Paris Bordone 5 e 7 [piedi] scudi 200'.
C. Ridolfi, Le maraviglie dell'arte, ouero Le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti e dello stato, I, Venice, 1648, I, p. 213; D.F. von Hadeln, ed., 1914, p. 234.
L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais, Description des tableaux du Palais Royal, avec la vie des peintres à la tête de leurs ouvrages dédié à Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang, Paris, 1727, p. 357.
D.M. Federici, Memorie Trevigiane sulle opere di disegno dal mille e cento al mille ottocento per servire alla storia delle belle arti d'Italia, II, Venice, 1803, p. 44.
J. Britton, Catalogue raisonne of the pictures belonging to the Most Honourable the Marquis of Stafford in the gallery of Cleveland House, London, 1808, pp. 29-31, no. 21, as Giorgione.
W.Y. Ottley, Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London, London, 1818, no. 15.
W. Buchanan, Memoirs of painting, with a chronological history of the importation of the pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution, London, 1824, I, p. 126, no. 9, as Giorgione.
Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to Lord Francis Leveson-Gower at Bridgewater House, London, 1830, p. 45, no.281.
G.F. Waagen, Works of art and artists in England, II, London, 1838, p. 51.
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, II, London, 1854, pp. 32 and 491.
B. Berenson, The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, New York and London, 1894, pp. 95; 1897, pp. 87; 1907, pp. 95; and 1911, p. 95.
O. Granberg, Drottnig Kristinas Tafvelgallerija pa Stockholms Slott och i Rom, Stockholm, 1896, p. 23, no. 62; Appedix III, p. 130, no. 106, as Pordenone; Appendix IV, p. 162, no. 115.
Catalogue of the Bridgewater and Ellesmere collections of pictures at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, London, 1897, p. 17, no. 89.
L. Baillo and G. Biscaro, Della vit e delle opere di Paris Bordon, Treviso, 1900, pp. 131-132, no. 45, erroneously citing the painting in the collection of Ridolfo II.
C. Stryienski, La Galerie du Régent Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, Paris, 1913, pp. 51 and 153, no. 57, illustrated opposite p. 152.
Catalogue of the collection of pictures and statuary of the Right Honourable John Francis Granville Scrope, Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square St. James, London., London, 1926, p. 18, no. 89.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, IX, Part III, Milan, 1928, p. 1032.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Oxford, 1932, p. 431; Italian ed., Milan, 1936, p. 370.
W. Arslan, 'Osservazioni su Nicolò dell'Abate, Paris Bordon, Forabosco', Le Arti, I, 1938-9, p. 79, confusing this picture with one published by Suida in 1933 as Titian.
M. Woodall, City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Catalogue of Paintings, Birmingham, 1960, p. 13, no. 18.
E.K. Waterhouse, 'The Italian Exhibition at Birmingham', Burlington Magazine, XCVII, no. 630, September 1955, p. 295.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Venetian School, I, New York, 1957, p. 47; Italian ed., London and Florence, 1958, I, p. 49.
G. Canova, Paris Bordon, Venice, 1964, pp. 55-56 and 77 and fig. 121, erroneously citied in the National Gallery Scotland, Scotland.
S. Savini Branca, Il collezionismo veneziano nel '600, Padua, 1965, p. 262
E. K. Waterhouse, 'Queen Christina's Italian Pictures in England', Queen Christina of Sweden. Documents and Studies, M. von Platen, ed., Stockholm, 1966, p. 373, no. 6.
Il Grechetto a Mantova: Fonti per la storia della pittura, Genoa, 1971, p. 56.
R. Martinoni , Gian Vicenzo Imperiale politico, letterato e collezionista genovese del seicento, Padua, 1983, p. 265.
G.M. Canova, Paris Bordon, 1984, exhibition catalogue, pp. 88-89, no. 23, illustrated.
F. Russell, in The treasure houses of Britain: Five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting, exhibition catalogue, Washington D.C. and New Haven, 1985, p. 564.
C. Mandel, 'Paris Bordone', The Dictionary of Art, London, 1996, IV, p. 400.
P. Humfrey, The Age of Titian, exhibition catalogue, Edinburgh, 2004, p. 146, under no. 46, fig. 128.
A. Donati, Paris Bordone: catalogo ragionato, 2014, p. 104, pl. XL, and pp. 310-312, no. 88.
C. Ridolfi, Le maraviglie dell'arte, ouero Le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti e dello stato, I, Venice, 1648, I, p. 213; D.F. von Hadeln, ed., 1914, p. 234.
L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais, Description des tableaux du Palais Royal, avec la vie des peintres à la tête de leurs ouvrages dédié à Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang, Paris, 1727, p. 357.
D.M. Federici, Memorie Trevigiane sulle opere di disegno dal mille e cento al mille ottocento per servire alla storia delle belle arti d'Italia, II, Venice, 1803, p. 44.
J. Britton, Catalogue raisonne of the pictures belonging to the Most Honourable the Marquis of Stafford in the gallery of Cleveland House, London, 1808, pp. 29-31, no. 21, as Giorgione.
W.Y. Ottley, Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London, London, 1818, no. 15.
W. Buchanan, Memoirs of painting, with a chronological history of the importation of the pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution, London, 1824, I, p. 126, no. 9, as Giorgione.
Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to Lord Francis Leveson-Gower at Bridgewater House, London, 1830, p. 45, no.281.
G.F. Waagen, Works of art and artists in England, II, London, 1838, p. 51.
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, II, London, 1854, pp. 32 and 491.
B. Berenson, The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, New York and London, 1894, pp. 95; 1897, pp. 87; 1907, pp. 95; and 1911, p. 95.
O. Granberg, Drottnig Kristinas Tafvelgallerija pa Stockholms Slott och i Rom, Stockholm, 1896, p. 23, no. 62; Appedix III, p. 130, no. 106, as Pordenone; Appendix IV, p. 162, no. 115.
Catalogue of the Bridgewater and Ellesmere collections of pictures at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, London, 1897, p. 17, no. 89.
L. Baillo and G. Biscaro, Della vit e delle opere di Paris Bordon, Treviso, 1900, pp. 131-132, no. 45, erroneously citing the painting in the collection of Ridolfo II.
C. Stryienski, La Galerie du Régent Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, Paris, 1913, pp. 51 and 153, no. 57, illustrated opposite p. 152.
Catalogue of the collection of pictures and statuary of the Right Honourable John Francis Granville Scrope, Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square St. James, London., London, 1926, p. 18, no. 89.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, IX, Part III, Milan, 1928, p. 1032.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Oxford, 1932, p. 431; Italian ed., Milan, 1936, p. 370.
W. Arslan, 'Osservazioni su Nicolò dell'Abate, Paris Bordon, Forabosco', Le Arti, I, 1938-9, p. 79, confusing this picture with one published by Suida in 1933 as Titian.
M. Woodall, City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Catalogue of Paintings, Birmingham, 1960, p. 13, no. 18.
E.K. Waterhouse, 'The Italian Exhibition at Birmingham', Burlington Magazine, XCVII, no. 630, September 1955, p. 295.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Venetian School, I, New York, 1957, p. 47; Italian ed., London and Florence, 1958, I, p. 49.
G. Canova, Paris Bordon, Venice, 1964, pp. 55-56 and 77 and fig. 121, erroneously citied in the National Gallery Scotland, Scotland.
S. Savini Branca, Il collezionismo veneziano nel '600, Padua, 1965, p. 262
E. K. Waterhouse, 'Queen Christina's Italian Pictures in England', Queen Christina of Sweden. Documents and Studies, M. von Platen, ed., Stockholm, 1966, p. 373, no. 6.
Il Grechetto a Mantova: Fonti per la storia della pittura, Genoa, 1971, p. 56.
R. Martinoni , Gian Vicenzo Imperiale politico, letterato e collezionista genovese del seicento, Padua, 1983, p. 265.
G.M. Canova, Paris Bordon, 1984, exhibition catalogue, pp. 88-89, no. 23, illustrated.
F. Russell, in The treasure houses of Britain: Five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting, exhibition catalogue, Washington D.C. and New Haven, 1985, p. 564.
C. Mandel, 'Paris Bordone', The Dictionary of Art, London, 1996, IV, p. 400.
P. Humfrey, The Age of Titian, exhibition catalogue, Edinburgh, 2004, p. 146, under no. 46, fig. 128.
A. Donati, Paris Bordone: catalogo ragionato, 2014, p. 104, pl. XL, and pp. 310-312, no. 88.
Exhibited
Birmingham, City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Exhibition of Italian Art from the 13th to the 17th Century, 18 August-2 October 1955, no. 18.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, on loan 1961-1976.
Treviso, Palazzo dei Trecento, Paris Bordon, September-December 1984, no. 23.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, on loan 1961-1976.
Treviso, Palazzo dei Trecento, Paris Bordon, September-December 1984, no. 23.
Engraved
I.H. Wright, 1814.
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