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Lot 200: * JACOPO GUARANA VENICE 1720 - 1808

Est: $15,000 USD - $20,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 22, 2004

Item Overview

Description

HERCULES AND OMPHALE; PARIS AND HELEN OF TROY

Dimensions

the former: 50 by 56 3/8 in.; 127.2 by 143.2 cm. the latter: 49 3/4 by 56 1/8 in.; 126.5 by 142.5 cm.

Artist or Maker

Medium

a pair, both oil on canvas, in trompe l'oeil feigned stucco frames

Provenance

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN V. ROWAN, JR.

Notes

QUANTITY: 2

We are grateful to Prof. Lino Moretti who, on the basis of photographs, has confirmed the present paintings to be by Guarana.

These paintings probably once formed part of a larger decorative scheme in a Venetian palazzo.

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings

by
Sotheby's
January 22, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US