Lot Essay
For Marshal Schulenburg's patronage of Simonini see lot 76. This picture and a companion were valued at 200 ducats in 1741: the 1738 inventory records a cost of 90 ducats.
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A battle between Christians and Turks by a tower
Details
Francesco Simonini (Parma 1686-1755 Venice or Florence)
A battle between Christians and Turks by a tower
oil on canvas
21.5/8 x 37.1/8 in. (55 x 94.3 cm.)
bears inventory numbers '402' and '122'
A battle between Christians and Turks by a tower
oil on canvas
21.5/8 x 37.1/8 in. (55 x 94.3 cm.)
bears inventory numbers '402' and '122'
Provenance
Field Marshal Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747)
Bequeathed to his nephew Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg, Berlin, and by descent to the present owner.
Bequeathed to his nephew Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg, Berlin, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Inventario Generale della Galleria di S: Eccellza Felt Marescial Conte di Sculembourgh..., 30 May 1738 (see Binion, op. cit., 1990, p. 213).
Inventario Generale della Galleria di S.E. Maresciallo Co: di Schulemburg..., Venice, 30 June 1741 (see Binion, op. cit., 1990, p. 236).
Inventaire de la Gallerie de Feu S. e. Mgr. le Feldmarechal Comte de Schulenburg - Tableaux de f.c. Berlin, c. 1750, no. 402 (see Binion op. cit., 1990, p. 284).
Hehlen Inventory, 1958, no. 218.
A. Binion, 'From Schulenburg's Gallery and Records', The Burlington Magazine, CXII, no. 806, May 1970, p. 302.
E. Antoniazzi Rossi, 'Ulteriori considerazioni sull'inventario della collezione del maresciallo von Schulenburg', Arte Veneta, XXXI, 1977, p. 130.
A. Binion, La Galleria scomparsa del maresciallo von der Schulenburg, Milan, 1990, pp. 213, 236 and 284.
Inventario Generale della Galleria di S.E. Maresciallo Co: di Schulemburg..., Venice, 30 June 1741 (see Binion, op. cit., 1990, p. 236).
Inventaire de la Gallerie de Feu S. e. Mgr. le Feldmarechal Comte de Schulenburg - Tableaux de f.c. Berlin, c. 1750, no. 402 (see Binion op. cit., 1990, p. 284).
Hehlen Inventory, 1958, no. 218.
A. Binion, 'From Schulenburg's Gallery and Records', The Burlington Magazine, CXII, no. 806, May 1970, p. 302.
E. Antoniazzi Rossi, 'Ulteriori considerazioni sull'inventario della collezione del maresciallo von Schulenburg', Arte Veneta, XXXI, 1977, p. 130.
A. Binion, La Galleria scomparsa del maresciallo von der Schulenburg, Milan, 1990, pp. 213, 236 and 284.
