Lot 185
Lot 185
ÉCOLE ANGLAISE DU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE POMPEO BATONI

Portrait de Daniel Wilson (1747-1824) de Dallam Tower, Westmorland, portant un gilet jaune et une veste verte, à mi-corps

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EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
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ÉCOLE ANGLAISE DU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE POMPEO BATONI

Portrait de Daniel Wilson (1747-1824) de Dallam Tower, Westmorland, portant un gilet jaune et une veste verte, à mi-corps

Closed: 14 Jun 2024
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
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ÉCOLE ANGLAISE DU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE POMPEO BATONI
Portrait de Daniel Wilson (1747-1824) de Dallam Tower, Westmorland, portant un gilet jaune et une veste verte, à mi-corps
inscrit 'P. BATONI / PINXIT / ROMÆ / AN(.) 1773' (au centre, à droite, sur la canne)
huile sur toile
76,5 x 64 cm (3018 x 25316 in.)
Provenance
Sir Robert Hadfield (1858-1940) (selon le catalogue de vente de 1937, op. cit. infra).
Vente anonyme, Christie, Manson & Woods, Londres, 5 mars 1937, lot 149 (comme 'Pompeo Batoni', erronément daté 1779).
Acquis au cours de celle-ci par Frank and Co, Londres.
Chez Frank and Co, Londres.
Chez Arnold, Seligmann and Rey, New York (selon E. Peters Bowron, 2016, op. cit. infra).
John S. Thacher [Thacker] (1904-1982), New York, de 1937 à 1962 (selon E. Peters Bowron, 2016, op. cit. infra) ; sa vente anonyme, Sotheby & Co, Londres, 14 novembre 1962, lot 125 (comme 'Pompeo Batoni').
Acquis au cours de celle-ci par J. R. S. Guiness, Esq. (selon E. Peters Bowron, 2016, op. cit. infra).
J. R. S. Guiness, Esq. ; sa vente anonyme, Christie's, Londres, 21 mars 1975, lot 128 (comme 'Pompeo Batoni').
Acquis au cours de celle-ci par Naylor (selon E. Peters Bowron, 2016, op. cit. infra).
Dr. G. M. de Souza Giaro ; sa vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres, 10 novembre 1982, lot 19 (comme 'Pompeo Batoni').
Collection particulière espagnole.
Literature
J. Steegman, 'Some English portraits by Pompeo Batoni', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, mars 1946, 88, 516, p. 63, n°68 (comme 'Pompeo Batoni vers 1775 [sic]').
E. Peters Bowron, Pompeo Batoni. A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven-Londres, 2016, II, p. 460, n°366b (comme 'copie').
Exhibited
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honour (selon une inscription sur une étiquette au revers du châssis).
FURTHER DETAILS
ENGLISH SCHOOL 18th CENTURY, FOLLOWER OF POMPEO BATONI, PORTRAIT OF DANIEL WILSON (1747-1824) OF DALLAM TOWER, WESTMORLAND, WEARING A YELLOW WAISTCOAT AND A GREEN JACKET, HALF-LENGTH, OIL ON CANVAS, INSCRIBED

For the 18th century Grand Tourist, being painted by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) during their stay in Rome was almost as much of a must as visiting the Forum and marvelling at the frescoes by Michelangelo (1475-1564) in the Vatican. His style, a synthesis of Bolognese classicism, French rococo and nascent neo-classicism, made him the most sought-after painter in the Eternal City, both for large church commissions and for his delicate portraits. At the end of the 1760s, he painted the double portrait of Joseph II (1741-1790) and Leopold II of Austria (1747-1792), which promoted him to the forefront of portrait painters in Europe.

Daniel Wilson (1746-1848) spent the summer of 1772 in Florence before travelling to Rome in 1773, where he commissioned Batoni to paint his portrait. The original portrait still belongs to the sitter's family. The present painting is probably a copy that Wilson had made in England after his return from Italy, which would have served as a gift for a member of his family.
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