Lot 87: FLAVIO SIRLETTI (1683-1737) ITALIAN, ROME, CIRCA 1720 | Intaglio with the Apollo Belvedere, mounted as a Ring

Name: FLAVIO SIRLETTI (1683-1737) ITALIAN, ROME, CIRCA 1720 | Intaglio with the Apollo Belvedere, mounted as a Ring
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 9ce4039893
Price: 8000 GBP

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 06, 2016

Item Overview

Description

dark brown sard, within a gold ring setting

Dimensions

intaglio: 25mm., 15/16 in.<br />intaglio and mount: 28mm., 1 1/16 in.<br />ring size: H½ <br />exterior ring diameter: 22mm., 14/16 in.

Artist or Maker

Flavio Sirletti

Medium

dark brown sard, within a gold ring setting

Literature

F. Vettori, Dissertatio glyptogragphica.., Rome, 1739, p. 93;
A. Guilanelli, Memorie degli intagliatori moderni in pietre dure, cammei…, Livorno, 1753, p. 61;
P.J. Mariette, Traite des Pierres Gravees, vol I, Paris, 1750, p. 140;
P. D. Lippert, Dactyliotheca Universalis signorum exemplis nitidis redditae, Leipzig, 1755-1762, p. 5 , no. 60;
M. Dolce, Descrizione Istorica del Museo di Cristiano Dehn dedicata alla Regia Società degli Antiquari di Londra per l'Abate Francesco Mario Dolce, 1772, p. 37, no. D23;
J. Tassie and R. E. Raspe, A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos and Intaglios, Taken from the Most Celebrated Cabinets in Europe; and Cast in Coloured Pastes, White Enamel, and Sulphur, London, 1791, p. 201, no. 2878;
L.P. Biroli Stefanelli, La Collezione Paoletti II, 2010, p. 305, VIII, no. 298;
M. H. Story-Maskelyne, The Marlborough Gems, London, 1870, p. 9, no. 53;
J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and E. Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems. Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Oxford, 2009, p. 258, no. 605:
D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and J. Boardman , The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle, 2016, p. 208, no. 194

Provenance

British private collection, 1755 (see Lippert below);
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-1758) or George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire;
thence by family descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, until 1898;
by descent to Julia Harriet Mary Jary (née Bromilow);
Christie, Manson and Woods London, Catalogue of the Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 27 June 1899, lot 53;

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Auction Details

Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art Including Highlights from the Reinhold Hofstätter Collection

Sotheby's

December 06, 2016, 10:30 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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