Wednesday 27 April 2016 Wednesday Knightsbridge, London OLD MASTER PAINTINGS OLD MASTER PAINTINGS | Knightsbridge, London | Wednesday 27 April 2016 23252 OLD MASTER PAINTINGS Wednesday 27 April 2016 at 1pm Knightsbridge, London BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES Please see back of catalogue Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] for important notice to bidders Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8307 London SW7 1HH To bid via the internet please visit ILLUSTRATIONS www.bonhams.com www.bonhams.com SPECIALISTS Front cover: Lot 161 (detail) Andrew McKenzie Back cover: Lot 264 VIEWING TELEPHONE BIDDING +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 Sunday 24 April Bidding by telephone will only be [email protected] IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11am – 3pm Accepted on lots with a low The United States Government Monday 25 April Estimate in excess of £500. Caroline Oliphant has banned the import of ivory 9am – 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8271 into the USA. 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Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Waxlow Rd Acton Ln SALE N Acton Rd INFORMATION Barretts Green Rd Front Entrance Acton Ln 141 Acton Ln, London NW10 7PB Wesley Ave BIDS IMPORTANT NOTICE COLLECTION Payment +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 A surcharge of 2% is applicable Lots will be available for collection All charges due to Ward Thomas +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax when using Mastercard, Visa and from Ward Thomas Removals Ltd Removals Ltd must be paid by To bid via the internet please visit overseas debit cards. on Tuesday 3 May 2016 from the time of collection from their www.bonhams.com 9.30am and then every working day warehouse. The following symbol is used between 9.30am and 4.30pm. PAYMENTS to denote that VAT is due on (Please note buyers need to be Payment in Advance Buyers the hammer price and buyer’s onsite at Ward Thomas Removals (Telephone to ascertain amount due) +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 premium Ltd by 4.00pm). 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The subscription: Sold lots, unless marked WT, will £4.00 per week day for small lots removal and / or storage by Ward Subscriptions Department remain in the Collections room at (requiring up to 1 man to handle) Thomas Removals Ltd of any Lots +44 (0) 1666 502200 Bonhams Knightsbridge for a £8.00 per week day for normal lots will be subject to their standard +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax period of not less than 14 days from (requiring up to 2 men to handle) Conditions of Business, copies of [email protected] the sale date. £15.00 per week day for oversized which are available at Bonhams. lots (requiring more than 2 men or SHIPPING Lots not collected by Wednesday mechanical handling) Please note in particular the For information and estimates 11 May 2016 will be removed to the following: on domestic and international warehouse of Ward Thomas Handling shipping as well as export licenses Removals Ltd where charges After the first 14 calendar days 1. Ward Thomas Removals Ltd please contact Bonhams Shipping will be payable. following the sale, the following do not accept liability for loss or Department on: handling charges apply: damage, due to negligence or +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 LOTS MARKED WT £35.00 per lot for small lots (requiring otherwise, exceeding either the sale +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 All lots marked WT will be removed up to 1 man to handle) price of such goods or at their option +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax to Ward Thomas Removals Ltd, £40.00 per lot for normal lots the cost of repairing or replacing the [email protected] 141 Acton Lane from 9.00am on (requiring up to 2 men to handle) damaged or missing goods. Thursday 28 April 2016. £45.00 per lot for oversized lots ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (requiring more than 2 men or 2. Ward Thomas Removals Ltd All electrical equipment in this Please note that Bonhams & Ward mechanical handling) reserve a lien over all goods in their sale has either been tested by Thomas Removals will be closed possession for payment of storage a suitably qualified electrician or Monday 2 May 2016 for the bank Loss and Damage and all other charges due to them. has been operationally disabled. holiday & will reopen on Tuesday 3 All items removed to Ward Thomas If the intention is to reconnect this May 2016. Removals Ltd are covered for loss or Contact details for Ward Thomas equipment we recommend that damage at the sum of the hammer Removals Ltd: this is carried out by a suitably price plus the buyer’s premium at Alana Wright qualified electrician. a rate of 0.4% of the invoice value Main line: +44(0) 20 7038 0449 plus IPT of 9.5%, payable annual Fax: +44(0) 20 7038 0439 Email: [email protected] 1 1 1 ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Dante and Virgil at the terrace of the Slothful, Purgatory; and A further scene from the Divine Comedy a pair, oil on marble 8.4 x 13.9cm (3 5/16 x 5 1/2in). (2) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,600 - 3,800 OLD MASTER PAINTINGS | 3 2 2 * FOLLOWER OF JUAN DE FLANDES (ACTIVE SPAIN, 1496-1519) Saints Andrew, James and Paul oil on panel 75.6 x 114.6cm (29 3/4 x 45 1/8in). £3,000 - 5,000 €3,800 - 6,400 3 NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY The Sacrifice of Iphigenia; and Esther before Ahasuerus a pair, oil on gold ground panel 64.3 x 78.6cm (25 5/16 x 30 15/16in). and 62.5 x 79.6cm (24 5/8 x 31 5/16in). (2) £4,000 - 6,000 €5,100 - 7,700 3 3 4 | BONHAMS 4 5 4 AFTER GIOVANNI ANTONIO BOLTRAFFIO, 16TH CENTURY The Madonna and Child oil on panel 53 x 39cm (20 7/8 x 15 3/8in). £4,000 - 6,000 €5,100 - 7,700 The present composition is after Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio’s original in the National Gallery, London. 5 AFTER GIOVANNI PIETRO RIZZOLI, CALLED IL GIAMPETRINO, 17TH CENTURY The Madonna and Child oil on panel 64.5 x 50cm (25 3/8 x 19 5/8in). bears inscription (on the reverse) £3,000 - 5,000 €3,800 - 6,400 Provenance Sale, Jackson’s International Auctions, Indiana, 15-16 November 2011, lot 1, where purchased by the present owner The present lot is after Giampetrino’s original composition previously in the Cook Collection, Richmond.