Frames from the Collection of the Richard Green Gallery | Part II
Frames from the Collection of the Richard Green Gallery | Part II
A fine late 17th or early 18th century carved and undercut giltwood frame, probably Roman
compound profile; with clasps at the back edge; with a flowering vine along the top edge; the whole moulding between back and sight edge held in a centered trompe l'oeil spiral of elongated acanthus leaves which seem to spring from the alternating sunflowers or groups of florets at the corners, and terminate where sprays of flowers mark the centres; with finely-cut acanthus leaves and buds at the sight edge; the whole re-gilded
Lot Closed
April 10, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A fine late 17th or early 18th century carved and undercut giltwood frame, probably Roman
compound profile; with clasps at the back edge; with a flowering vine along the top edge; the whole moulding between back and sight edge held in a centered trompe l'oeil spiral of elongated acanthus leaves which seem to spring from the alternating sunflowers or groups of florets at the corners, and terminate where sprays of flowers mark the centres; with finely-cut acanthus leaves and buds at the sight edge; the whole re-gilded
Overall: 126.2 x 173.5 cm.
Rebate: 99.2 x 146.7 cm.
Sight size: 96.7 x 144 cm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 2019, lot 35 (when on Antonio Joli, Venice, the Bacino di San Marco looking east), where acquired.1
1 https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/old-master-evening-l19033/lot.35.html
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