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Lot 23: Ferdinando Quaglia (Italian, 1780-1853)

Est: £20,000 GBP - £30,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2018

Item Overview

Description

FERDINANDO QUAGLIA (ITALIAN, 1780-1853) Ignazio Degotti (d. 1824), celebrated scenographer at the Paris Opéra, seated in a gilded Empire fauteuil carved with lion heads Signed and dated ‘Quaglia f. 1812.’ (upper right) On ivory Rectangular, 217 x 165 mm., gilt-bronze frame

Artist or Maker

Provenance

PROVENANCE: Helft Bensimon Collection, Paris. With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 5 May 1936 (inv. nos. MD/0682 and 465).

Auction Details

Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheite

by
Christie's
July 04, 2018, 11:00 AM BST

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