Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
Old Master and British Works on Paper Online
PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
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September 20, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property of a Nobleman
POMPEO BATONI
Lucca 1708 - 1787 Rome
The infant Hercules strangling the snakes sent by Juno and a study of a foot
Red chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk
148 by 148 mm (drawing)
256 by 420 mm (mount)
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Formerly in a portfolio inscribed 'S.2' with the bookplate of Edward, Earl of Powis (Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis of the third creation (1754-1839)),
thence by inheritance to his second son, Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), of Oakly Park, Shropshire, M.P. for South Shropshire,
thence by descent to Robert Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) and his son Robert George, Baron Windsor (1859-1923), for whom the earldom of Plymouth was revived in 1905,
thence by descent,
sale, London, Christie's, Important Old Master Drawings including Property of The Earl of Plymouth, 1 July 1986, lot 139
A.M. Clarke, ed. E.P. Bowron, Pompeo Batoni; A complete catalogue of his works with an introductory text, 1985, pp. 68 and 381, no. D.71
London, The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, Pompeo Batoni and his British Patrons, 1982, no. 63
Preparatory for the figure of Hercules in Batoni's painting, The Infant Hercules, 1743, commissioned by Marchese Carlo Gerini, now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
