13th Sep, 2022 10:00
Fine Interiors - Two Day Sale
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A pietra dura panel
A pietra dura panel,
late 17th century, Florentine, possibly by the Grand Ducal workshops, depicting towers in a Tuscan landscape,
17.5cm wide
23cm high
Provenance: The Estate of Sir Jack and Lady Baer.
Literature: A Massinelli, 'Hardstones (The Gilbert Collection)', pp.41-43, p.47.
Similar examples, fitted in a cabinet on stand and a casket respectively, are known in the Gilbert Collection; Anna Maria Massinelli in 'Hardstones', draws comparisons between these and a series in a cabinet formerly at Villa Poggio Imperiale, the documentation for which dates back to 1691. She remarks that this style of decoration is 'typical of the burgeoning late seventeenth-century taste for landscapes'.
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Sold for £5,000
Condition Report
Later gilt frame with minor wear. Please see additional photos for reference to condition.
Examined out of the frame. The panel is set into a later wooden frame, suggesting that is unstable. A small piece of the limestone border is loose, but sits into place quite snugly and is held in place when within the giltwood frame. Cracks to borders and image, including a 7cm crack to the top right corner of the image. Some scratches and surface wear. Dirt, discolouration and patination. Approx. 0.8cm loss to bottom left corner. Small area of loss to bottom right corner.
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Auction: Fine Interiors - Two Day Sale, 13th Sep, 2022
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Fri 9 September, 10am - 5pm
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Mon 12 September, 10am - 5pm
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