Huge 18th cent Old Master Oil painting

Name: Huge 18th cent Old Master Oil painting
SKU: CH 6899
Price: 6800.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£6,800.00

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SKU: CH 6899 Categories: All our Antique Paintings, Fine Antique Oil Paintings £1,000 and above, Georgian Period Antiques Tags: 18th Cent, 18th century oil paintings, Antiques Scotland, Country Homes Antiques Scotland, Giacomo Nani, Oil paintings, Old Masters

Description

Country Homes Antiques Scotland est 1985

Mid 18th century Old Master Oil painting on canvas “Life at the cherub fountain”

Attributed to Giacomo Nani

A beautiful large mid 18th century oil on canvas depicting several birds by a cherub fountain. The birds include. A cock Green woodpecker, pr Silver pheasants, Flying cock Kingfisher, Mallard Drake duck and a distant Flamingo In a fine period frame, We will have this repaired, relined cleaned and re varnished before sale. The price below is the finished painting ready to hang.

Title: “Life at the Cherub Fountain”

Medium: Oil on canvas

Provenance: Private French collection

Size: c. 31 x 45 inches unframed / 36 x 50 inches framed

PRESENTLY AT RESTORERS. Cleaned touched and relined. NOW READY TO HANG

Italian, 18th century, male.

Born 1698 or 1701, in Naples; died 1770.

Painter. Animals, farmyard scenes, landscapes, still-lifes, flowers, fruit.

Giacomo Nani

Alias Jacopo Nani was a pupil of Belvidere and Gasparo López. He worked for the court of Naples.

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Madrid: Dead Animals; Dead Birds; Farmyard Attacked by a Fox

Mainz: Bouquets of Flowers

Auction Records

Paris, 4 April 1941: Flowers and Fruits (two pendants) FRF 2,100

Vienna, 22 March 1966: Bouquet of Flowers, ATS 28,000

Milan, 1 Dec 1970: Landscape with Fowl, ITL 650,000

Versailles, 19 Nov 1978: Dishes of Fruit; Basins of Flowers with a Park in the Background (oil on canvas, two pendants, 16¼ × 25in/41 × 63.5cm) FRF 38,000

New York, 19 Jan 1982: Vase of Flowers and Basket of Walnuts (oil on canvas, 15¼ × 25in/38.5 × 63.5cm) USD 22,000

Milan, 29 March 1983: Still-life (oil on canvas, 24½ × 35½in/62.5 × 90cm) ITL 20,000,000

Paris, 27 March 1985: Flowers and China Spread near Stone Fountains (oil on canvas, two pendants, 19¼ × 25½in/49 × 65cm) FRF 32,000

Milan, 21 April 1986: Still-life with Baskets of Fruit and Flowers (oil on canvas, 28 × 34¼in/71 × 87cm) ITL 12,000,000

Amelia, 18 May 1990: Landscape with Floral Composition (oil/copper, oval, 9¾ × 11½in/25 × 29cm) ITL 6,500,000

New York, 16 Oct 1997: Flowers in a Vase and China Dish on the Ground in a Garden Landscape; Flowers in a Vase and Basket on the Ground near a Fountain in a Garden Landscape (oil on canvas, a pair, 11 × 15¼in/27.9 × 38.7cm) USD 55,200

Paris, 8 Dec 1999: Still-life with Vase of Flowers and a Landscape Beyond (oil on canvas, a pair, 40 × 29 ins/101 × 74 cm) FRF 260,000

London, 13 Dec 2000: Vases of Flowers in a Landscape (oil on canvas, four, 30 × 40 ins/76 × 102 cm) GBP 62,000

London, 11 Dec 2001: White Napkin, Slices of Watermelon, Bottle of Wine on a Stone Ledge (oil on canvas, 23 × 28 ins/58 × 71 cm) GBP 8,500

London, 12 Dec 2001: Roses, Parrot Tulips and Other Flowers in a Porcelain Urn. Roses, Tulips and Other Flowers Sculpted (oil on canvas, a pair, 50 × 39 ins/126 × 100 cm) GBP 30,000

London, 17 April 2002: Basket of Bread, Vase of Flowers, Tazza with Glasses and Wine Bottles (oil on canvas, 25 × 31 ins/63 × 78 cm) GBP 13,000

Madrid, 2 March 2004: Still-lifes of Fruit (oil on canvas, set of eight, 7 × 9 ins/17 × 24 cm) EUR 15,000

Paris, 23 June 2004: Floral Composition (oil on canvas, 11 × 15 ins/28 × 39 cm) EUR 10,500