Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

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Property from a Private Collection

Johann Richter

Venice, the construction of the bridge for the feast of the Madonna della Salute

Lot Closed

July 4, 10:29 AM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection


Johann Richter

Stockholm 1665–1745 Venice

Venice, the construction of the bridge for the feast of the Madonna della Salute


oil on canvas

unframed: 56.8 x 95 cm.; 22⅜ x 37⅜ in.

framed: 75.6 x 113.7 cm.; 29¾ x 44¾ in.

Anonymous sale, Chicago, Sotheby's, 17 October 2001, lot 1409, for $29,500 (as attributed to Johann Richter);

Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 11 December 2002, lot 311, for £90,000;

With Maison d'Art, Monaco, by 2009;

Munich, Hampel Fine Art, 20 March 2019;

Where acquired privately by the present collector.

M. Vinci-Corsini, Le Meraviglie dell'Arte, Important Old Master Paintings, exh. cat., Monte-Carlo 2005, pp. 89–91, no. 17, reproduced in colour p. 91;

C. Campanini, Nel segno della Serenissima : capolavori dell'arte veneta dal XIV al XVIII secolo, exh. cat., Chioggia 2006, pp. 30, 61–62;

D. Succi in Le Meraviglie di Venezia. Dipinti dell '700 in collezioni private, D. Succi and A. Delneri (ed.), exh. cat., Venice 2008, pp. 232–33, no. 80, reproduced p. 233.

 

Monte-Carlo, Maison d'Art, Le Meraviglie dell'Arte, Important Old Master Paintings, 25 March – 25 April 2005, no. 17;

Chioggia, Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra, Nel segno della Serenissima: capolavori dell'arte veneta dal XIV al XVIII secolo, 18 March – 9 April 2006;

Gorizia, Palazzo della Torre, Le Meraviglie di Venezia. Dipinti del '700 in collezioni private, 14 March – 27 July 2008, no. 80;