Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
The Property of a Gentleman
Venice, a view of the Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Grand Canal
Auction Closed
July 3, 06:49 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
David Roberts, R.A.
Edinburgh 1796–1864 London
Venice, a view of the Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Grand Canal
signed and dated lower right: David Roberts June 4th 1854
oil on canvas, unlined
50.5 x 76 cm.; 19⅞ x 29⅞ in.
Given by the artist to his daughter, Christine Bicknell (1821–1872), for her birthday, 4 June 1854;
Thence by inheritance to her husband, Henry Sanford Bicknell (1818–1880), London;
By whose Executors sold, London, Christie's, 9 April 1881, lot 352, for 490 guineas, to Dowdeswell;
Alexander Barclay-Russell (1900–1980), London and Cambridge ;
Thence by descent to his son, Roger Barclay-Russell (d. 2004);
Gifted to the mother of the present owner, by 2004.
Listed in the artist’s record books under works completed in 1854, 1829–64, vol. 2, p. 14, no. 173, illustrated by the artist, as ‘Church of the Salute Venice a sketch’;
Probably The Art Journal, 1 March 1872, vol. XI, p. 91;
International Exhibition, exh. cat., London 1874, p. 1, no. 3;
J. Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts, R.A., Edinburgh 1886, p. 182 and p. 251, no. 194.
London, South Kensington, International Exhibition, 1874, no. 3 (lent by Henry Sanford Bicknell).
