Recto: Studies of Hercules for The Choice of Hercules Verso: ൩Drapery studies
Lot Closed
July 6, 12:46 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Pompeo Batoni
Lucques 1708 - 1787 Rome
Recto: Studies of Hercules for The Choice of Hercules
Verso: Drapery studies
Red chalk heightened with white, on blue paper
395 by 272 mm
Private Collection, UK;
Veuve Galippe, Amsterdam,
her sale, Amsterdam, de Vries, 27-29 March 1923, part of lotꦦ 515 (as Anton Rap🐭hael Mengs);
Dr. Fritz Haussmann, Berlin;
Carmen, Coun🌌tess Finckenstein🍃, Zurich and Ascona;
with Yvonne ffrench, London, Exhibition of Old Master and Early English Drawings, presented by Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, 1960, no. 27;
with Helene Seiferheld, New York;
Private Collection, New York;
with Spencer Samuels, New York, by 1991,
where acquired by Dr. John O'Brien (L.4230),
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O'Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings, 27 January 2021, lot 266;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 July 2021, lot 112
The lot is being offered fo🔜r sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heir of Dr. Fritz🦹 Haussmann. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.