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Lot 334: The Birth of Jesus

Est: €12,000 EUR - €18,000 EURSold:
A10 by ArtmarkBucuresti, RomaniaFebruary 05, 2019

Item Overview

Description

A promoter of the Venetian Rococo style, painter Giambattista Pittoni stands out through his colouristic attributes and spectral luminosities, highlighted by means of specific choices of tones and harmonies. The themes explored by the artist are religious and mythological scenes, as well as historical events. Having started his apprenticeship with his uncle, the painter Francesco Pittoni, he shortly developed an ingenious artistic maturity. In 1757 he was appointed Consigliere of the Painting and Sculpture Academy of Venice and subsequently succeeded his contemporary, Giambattista Tiepolo, as president of the institution between 1758 and 1763, only to resume the position two years later. (G.M.)

Dimensions

41,5 × 48,5

Medium

oil on canvas

Literature

The work is classified as belonging in the Treasury category of the Movable Cultural National Heritage, by order no 2510 from 24.01.2003 of the Minister of Culture. The painting was included in the permanent exhibition of the European Art Gallery of the National Museum of Art of Romania between 1977 and 1989. Inventory no 3426/157 the Museum of Art of Romania.

Provenance

30s-50s, the collection of Romanian diplomat Basil Stoica (1889 - 1959), close friend of Thomas Masaryk and Ionel I.C. Brătianu, skilled in 14 foreign languages, a fighter for the founding and consecration of the Greater Romania, president of the National League of Romanians in America in 1918, minister plenipotentiary in Bulgaria and Albania (1930-1936), the Netherlands (1937-1939), Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1939-1945), negotiator for the cause of Romania as a co-belligerent country at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946; deceased at Jilava after 9 years of detention; removed from the possession of the diplomat's family by the National Museum of Art of Romania through confiscation in 1977; in 2009, after the fall of the communist regime, following a long line of trials, restored to the diplomat's heirs.

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

Take-over and transportation of the lot is under the buyer's risk. It is the buyer's duty to take-over and collect the lot within two weeks from the reception of payment by Artmark, from the Bucharest headquarters of Artmark.
Within Romania, Artmark provides nationwide transportation of the lot free of charge when: a) at least one of the adjudicated lots has a size that makes it undeliverable by car or b) the value of the adjudicated lots exceeds EUR 25,000.
Outside Romania, we provide in-house packing for small and medium lots, and we may arrange, at buyer's cost, DHL or TNT shipping service. Buyers may use their own shipping service providers.
For any other related service, buyers may contact us at auctions@artmark.ro.

Auction Details

The European Art Auction, including a selection from diplomat 's Vasile Stoica classical art collection

by
A10 by Artmark
February 05, 2019, 08:30 PM EET

Palatul Cesianu Racovita, Str. C.A. Rosetti, nr. 5, Bucuresti, 010281, RO

Terms

Buyer's Premium

23.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
€0€199€25
€200€499€50
€500€999€100
€1,000€1,999€200
€2,000€4,999€250
€5,000€9,999€500
€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€29,999€2,000
€30,000€49,999€2,500
€50,000€99,999€5,000
€100,000€199,999€10,000
€200,000+€20,000

Conditions of Sale

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Shipping Terms

Take-over and transportation of the lot is under the buyer's risk. It is the buyer's duty to take-over and collect the lot within two weeks from the reception of payment by Artmark, from the Bucharest headquarters of Artmark.
Within Romania, Artmark provides nationwide transportation of the lot free of charge when: a) at least one of the adjudicated lots has a size that makes it undeliverable by car or b) the value of the adjudicated lots exceeds EUR 25,000.
Outside Romania, we provide in-house packing for small and medium lots, and we may arrange, at buyer's cost, DHL or TNT shipping service. Buyers may use their own shipping service providers.
For any other related service, buyers may contact us at auctions@artmark.ro.