Lot 150
Lot 150
FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO (VENICE 1707-1769)

The Vision of Saint Jerome

Price Realised GBP 21,250
Estimate
GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
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FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO (VENICE 1707-1769)

The Vision of Saint Jerome

Price Realised GBP 21,250
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
Price Realised GBP 21,250
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
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FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO (VENICE 1707-1769)
The Vision of Saint Jerome
oil on canvas, unlined, shaped top
1238 x 914 in. (31.5 x 23.6 cm.)

Provenance
Domenico Bossi (1767–1853), Munich, and by descent to his daughter,
Maria Theresa Caroline Bossi (1825-1881), and by descent to the following,
Gemälde-Sammlung Domenico Bossi; Hugo Helbing, Munich, 29 September 1917, lot 5, as 'Nicolo Bambini' (2700 DM).
Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Basel, and by inheritance to the following,
Private collection, Berlin, and by descent to the following,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 2010, lot 211, where acquired by the following,
Private collection, UK.
Literature
'Der Kunstmarkt', Der Cicerone, IX, 1917, pp. 325 and 390.
H. Voss, 'Francesco Fontebasso, ein Beitrag zur Malerei des venezianischen Rokoko', Jahrbuch für Kunstsammler, 1923, p. 27.
E. Martini, La pittura del settecento Veneto, Venice, 1981, p. 529.
M. Magrini, Francesco Fontebasso 1707-1769, Vicenza, 1988, p. 155, no. 99, fig. 35.
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