LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

20.28 in. (51.50 cm.) (height) by 39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated on the stone lower right: G.W./1690

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Charpentier,. Paysages dItalie , 1947, no. 138;. Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts,. LArt ancien dans les collections privées de Touraine , 12 July - 20 September 1959, no. 22

Literature:

G. Briganti,. Gaspar van Wittel e lorigine della veduta settecentesca , Rome, 1966, p. 213 no. 118, reproduced;. G. Briganti,. Artisti in Roma nel Sei e Settecento , Rome 1988, p. 47;. E.A. Safarik & G. Milantoni,. Fasto Romano: dipinti, sculture, arredi dei Palazzi di Roma , Rome 1991, p. 126, under cat. no. 33;. L. Salerno,. Pittori di vedute in Italia (1580-1830) , Rome, 1991, p. 87, under cat. no. 36;. . View Paintings of a European Collector , London 1996, p. 16;. G. Briganti,. Gaspar van Wittel , Milan 1996, p. 200, cat. no 190, reproduced, and p. 176, under cat. no. 121;. S. Melikian, Risk is Rising in Old Masters Game, . The International Herald Tribune , 12-13 July 1997, p. 9;. S. Reyburn, Stepping forward a century - the remarkable rise of newer Old Masters,. Antiques Trade Gazette , 2 and 9 August 1997, reproduced p. 33;. L. Laureati et. al., . Gaspare Vanvitelli e le origini del vedutismo , Rome 2002, p. 69

Provenance:

Marquis de Masclary, Montpellier (1817-1869);. By descent to Comtesse Joseph de Masclary, Tours, by 1959 and until at least 1966;. By descent to a European nobleman;. By whom anonymously sold, London, Christies, 4 July 1997, lot 112;. There acquired by the present collector for $1,041,139