Andrea Locatelli

A capriccio Roman landscape with the Colosseum



Andrea Locatelli - A capriccio Roman landscape with the Colosseum



Andrea Locatelli
A capriccio Roman landscape with the Colosseum
78.4 x 102.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018


Provenance

Sir William Lowther, 2nd Bt., and 2nd Viscount Lowther, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale (2nd creation, 1807), Lowther Castle, Penrith, Cumberland, where recorded in Lord Lonsdaleā€™s bedroom, in two inventories of 1879 (A Catalogue of Pictures at Lowther Castle [Lowther Manuscript], nos. 117 and 118, as 'Landscape & Ruins (Coliseum) by Orizonte [sic]' and 'Landscape & Ruins of Rome'; and Revised Catalogue of Pictures, Sculpture, Curiosities [working copy], nos. 15 and 20, where the spelling has been corrected to 'Orrizzonte').
with Colnaghi, London
Sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, nr. 44

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Andrea Locatelli Nymphs and Satyrs in a Landscape
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Andrea Locatelli Figures resting amongst ruins before an ornamental lake
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Andrea Locatelli Apollo and Daphne
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Andrea Locatelli Latona turning the Lycian peasants into frogs
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Andrea Locatelli A capriccio Roman landscape with The Forum, the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Temple of Saturn, the Campidoglio beyond
A capriccio Roman landscape with The Forum, the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Temple of Saturn, the Campidoglio beyond