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The 7th Earl of Northampton

Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (painter)

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Title/s

The 7th Earl of Northampton

Maker/s

Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (painter) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1708-1787]

Category

painting

Name

painting

School/Style

Italian

Technique Description

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 237.7 cm
width: 149.2 cm

Provenance

bought: Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd 1950 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

Captain the Hon. J.C.C. Cavendish, sold Sotheby's, 22 June 1944, (51) bought by F. Harbord; with Messrs Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd, London

From the S.G. Perceval fund.

Inscriptions/Marks

1. signature
   Position: on the base of the column right
   Method: oil
   Content: Pompeo Girolamo/Batoni Pine a Roma
   
2. date
   Position: on the base of the column right
   Method: oil
   Content: 1758
   

Documentation

1. (2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 80]
2. [Unknown; Country Life; 1958; Annual], [page: 145]
   Source title: Country Life Annual (24 February 1958)
   [comments: pl. 6]
4. Thomas Agnew and Sons advertisement, London [page: 528]
   Source title: Country Life (1950)
   [comments: Reproduced.]
5. Goodison, J.W. (1967) [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960], London [page: 23]
   Source title: Illustrated London News (1960)
6. Goodison, J.W. (1967) Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Italian School, Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 13]
   [comments: pl. 43]

Accession Number

PD.4-1950 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 124; Input Date: 1999-11-29 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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