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Michiel Maddersteg
A Dutch State Yacht (Statenjacht), the stern decorated with the coat of arms of the United Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën) and flying the Orange flag, underway in a fresh breeze.
Painted circa 1690
Oil painting on canvas 49 x 64 cm. / 20 x 25 inches
Signed (on the rowing boat on the left) “M.M.”
Provenance: Private Collection, Chelsea: acquired by the present owner in New York 1977
SOLD
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Michael Dahl
Venus and Cupid
Painted circa 1740
Oil painting on canvas 143 x 102 cm., contained in a fine carved and giltwood frame
Provenance: the artist's studio sale, February 1743/4 (two day sale of 147 lots) ...................... unrecorded until published in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (1935), as being rediscovered after being lost since 1744 (press cutting attached to rear of the picture); Private Collection, Sweden until 2009
Literature: Wilhelm Nisser Michael Dahl and the Contemporary Swedish School of Painting, page 84 (Bodley Head, London, 1927);
George Vertue, Notebooks, III, page 121 (Walpole Society III, 1933-4);
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Francis Barlow 1626-1702
An allegory of fruitfulness with Diana hunting in the background
Painted circa 1670
Oil painting on canvas 59 x 81 inches
Signed
Provenance: Private collection, North Germany.
SOLD
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Jan Frans van Bloemen called Orizzonte 1662 - 1749
A wooded classical landscape with two figures on a path by a Sphinx, a river and a fortified hill town beyond
Painted circa 1725
Oil painting on canvas 32 x 54 inches; 81 x 137 cm, and contained in a fine carved and gilded “Carlo Maratta” frame
Provenance: most probably acquired in Rome in 1726 by William Philips (before 1708-died 1737) who was Governor to the 3rd Duke of Beaufort (1707-1744-5) and perhaps among the pictures offered at Cock's Auction 24-25 January 1728....................by the nineteenth century in the collection of the Wilkins/de Winton Family of Maesllwch Castle and by descent according to the last owner, a private collector in the Midlands
A wax seal with the coat of arms and crest of Philips are attached to the stretcher. Thomas Woodcock FSA, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms has kindly confirmed that the seal is that of Philips.
Literature: John Ingamells A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800 pp.767-768 (see below)
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Alexander Runciman
Peasants and horses standing by a fountain; The Curia Ostilia and the Basilica Porzia on the Palatine Hill beyond: a plein-air sketch
Painted in 1767
Oil painting on paper laid down on canvas 40.5 x 52.5 cm, in a carved giltwood frame
Signed lower right and dated 1767.
Provenance: Acquired as a gift from the artist by his friend in Rome the Swedish sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel (Stockholm 1740-1814); his son Johan Gustaf Sergel (1792-1858), and thence by descent at Sponga Manor in Södermanland, Sweden, a property acquired by the artist for his son in 1812, until 2006.
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