Details
HENRI JOSEPH ANTONISSEN (ANTWERP 1734 - 1794)
A river landscape with drovers and cattle
signed 'H.J. Antonissen F: 1790' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 41 in. (76 x 104 cm.)
Provenance
Terence Mullaly (1927-2020), art historian, and by descent to the present owners.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
Brought to you by

Lot Essay

The collection of art historian Terence Mullaly (1927-2020):

The scholar and art critic Terence Mullaly was born in 1927. The son of an army colonel, Mullaly was educated in India, England and Canada. He graduated from Cambridge University and then made several archaeological excavations in Tripolitania and Sicily. In public life, he was best known as The Daily Telegraph’s art critic, where he was one of Britain’s leading voices writing on art for over thirty years from 1956 to 1987.

He was also a considerable scholar and became a leading expert in Veronese art. In 1966, he organised an exhibition in the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona on Ruskin’s experience of that city, as recorded in his writings and paintings. In 1971, he curated an exhibition on Veronese drawings of the sixteenth century and published an accompanying catalogue (Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento) that is still cited today as an authoritative guide on attributions in that area. He was a regular contributor to The Burlington Magazine and Old Master Drawings art journals.

His collecting habits followed his interests in Veronese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and he acquired rare works by Veronese artists such as Paolo Farinati (1524-1606), Orlando Flacco (1527-1593) and Marco Antonio Bassetti (1586-1630).

Related Articles

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

More from
Old Master Paintings and Sculpture Online
Place your bid Condition report

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

I confirm that I have read this Important Notice regarding Condition Reports and agree to its terms. View Condition Report