Bartolomeo Bettera

Lot 62: Circle of Bartolomeo Bettera (Bergamo 1639-c. 1688)

Name: Circle of Bartolomeo Bettera (Bergamo 1639-c. 1688)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 3926957335

Est: £20,000 GBP - £30,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomApril 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Circle of Bartolomeo Bettera (Bergamo 1639-c. 1688)
A painter's palette and brushes, musical instruments, books including volumes of Plato and Tasso, a globe and two chests, on a table partly draped with a carpet, in an interior
oil on canvas
37½ x 57½ in. (95.3 x 146 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Bartolomeo Bettera

Exhibited

Dallas, The Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, The Art that Broke the Looking Glass, 14 November-31 December 1961, as 'Bartolomeo Bettera'.

Literature

M. Rosci, Baschenis, Bettera & Co., 1971, pp. 160-1, no. 164, illustrated, as 'Studio of Bettera'.

Provenance

with Spark Galleries, New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1987, lot 59, as 'Studio of Bartolomeo Bettera'.
with Simon Dickinson, London.

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.

Auction Details

Old Master Pictures

Christie's

April 24, 2009, 11:00 AM GMT

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

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