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Lot 119: Giovanni Battista Vanni (Florence 1600-1660 Pistoia)

Est: £30,000 GBP - £50,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Giovanni Battista Vanni (Florence 1600-1660 Pistoia)
Portrait of the artist, half-length, holding a sheet of music, with a violinist and a lady holding a lap dog
oil on canvas
45¼ x 57¼ in. (104.9 x 145.3 cm.)

Literature

F. Baldassari, La pittura del Seicento a Firenze. Indice degli artisti e delle loro opere, Turin and London, 2009, p. 682.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 December 1989, lot 126 (sold for £44,000).
Private collection, United Kingdom.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Another version of this composition, with several variations, is in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. One of the two versions is described by Filippo Baldinucci in his biography of the artist: 'Colorì anche d'assai buon gusto un quadro di mezze figure, nel quale fece vedere il ritratto di se stesso con bizzarro berrettone in capo, e con ricca veste; il tutto tocco di forza: evvi anche dipinta una vaga donna ed un avvistato giovane, che accorda un violino, accostandoselo con bella grazia all'orecchio: la quale opera pure possiede Bettin Francesco Seminati' (F. Baldinucci, Notizie dei Professori del Disegno da Cimabue in qua, Florence, 1681-1728, ed. Ranalli, Florence, 1846, p. 541).

Auction Details

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day Sale

by
Christie's
December 09, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK