Each padded back and seat flanked by acanthus-carved shaped armrests with scrolled handholds and supports, raised on similarly carved legs joined by a shaped stretcher.
Height 50 1/2 in (128.2 cm), width 25 in (63.5 cm), depth of seat 17 in (43.1 cm)
Sotheby's, New York, Property From The Collection of Ingrao, October 20, 2006, lot 71.
Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $5,000 - $7,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Each padded back and seat flanked by acanthus-carved shaped armrests with scrolled handholds and supports, raised on similarly carved legs joined by a shaped stretcher.
Height 50 1/2 in (128.2 cm), width 25 in (63.5 cm), depth of seat 17 in (43.1 cm)
Provenance:Sotheby's, New York, Property From The Collection of Ingrao, October 20, 2006, lot 71.
Auction: Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts, May 22, 2024
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on May 21, 2024 saw exceptional results for Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints. Bidders on both sides of the Atlantic vied for landscapes, nautical paintings, still lifes, portraits and religious subjects by European artists from the Renaissance through the 19th century.
Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger - Sold for $419,600
Highlighting the sale was Dutch artist Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger’s view of A Coastal Landscape with Dutch Frigates Exchanging Salutes that soared past its estimate of $60,000-80,000 to achieve a stunning $419,600. Simon Jacobsz de Vlieger (1601-1653) was one of the most important and influential Dutch marine painters of the 17th century. This sweeping view of ships off the coast of Holland, painted in the late 1640s, is a classic example of his late style, which emphasized the atmospheric effects of water and sky along the North Sea.
Venetian Vedute & the Grand Tour
Another noteworthy offering was A View of the Piazza San Marco, Looking East toward the Basilica attributed to Apollonio Domenichini (The Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views). Read Essay
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