16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1023
 

1023

Girolamo Gianni (1837-1895) Italian
Panorama of Mdina, Malta (believed to be)
Signed and dated 1876, oil on paper/card, 12.5cm by 33.5cm

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
 

Buyer's premium: 24.00%

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Oil on paper/card.

Support flat and even. Very fine-scale flat, stable cracking evident under magnification. Several tiny old unrestored looses in a patch at the left of the sky, and further tiny losses centre of the sky, and to landscape on the left. A diagonal damage/drip with dark overpaint centre right of sky. Several further white scratches top right, and a few very minor scuffs. A little old ingrained dirt and varnish, and light surface dirt/accretions. A couple of matt splashes, but generally even glossy varnish, slightly yellowed.

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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024

The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.

A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.

The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.

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Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am

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