19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art New Bond Street, London | 26 September 2019 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art New Bond Street, London | Thursday 26 September 2019 at 2pm VIEWING BIDS ENQUIRIES PHYSICAL CONDITION OF Thursday 19 September +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Peter Rees (Head of Sale) LOTS IN THIS AUCTION 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8201 Friday 20 September To bid via the internet please [email protected] PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS 9am to 4.30pm visit bonhams.com NO REFERENCE IN THIS Saturday 21 September Charles O’Brien CATALOGUE TO THE PHYSICAL 11am to 3pm TELEPHONE BIDDING (Head of Department) CONDITION OF ANY LOT. Sunday 22 September Bidding on telephone will only +44 (0) 20 7468 8360 INTENDING BIDDERS MUST 11am to 3pm be accepted on lots with a lower [email protected] SATISFY THEMSELVES AS TO Monday 23 September estimate in excess of £1,000. 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SHIPPING For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Alban Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 [email protected] 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art Lots 1 - 103 1 ANTONIETTA BRANDEIS (CZECH, 1849-1926) Giotto’s Campanile, Florence signed with initials ‘AB.’ (lower right) oil on panel 46.5 x 17.5cm (18 5/16 x 6 7/8in). £5,000 - 7,000 €5,400 - 7,600 US$6,100 - 8,500 2 ANTONIETTA BRANDEIS (CZECH, 1849-1926) Rome, figures fishing on the Tiber, Castel Sant’Angelo and St. Peter’s Basilica beyond; Florence, Ponte alle Grazie a pair, both signed ‘ABrandeis.’ (lower right) oil on panel each 15 x 25.5cm (5 7/8 x 10 1/16in). (2) £5,000 - 7,000 €5,400 - 7,600 US$6,100 - 8,500 1 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 2 19TH CENTURY ART | 7 3 8 | BONHAMS 4 3 4 EDWARD PRITCHETT (BRITISH, 1828-1864) VINCENZO GIOVANNINI (ITALIAN, 1817-1903) A busy Venetian waterway; On a Venetian canal Il Foro Romano a pair oil on canvas oil on canvas 63 x 91cm (24 13/16 x 35 13/16in). each 30 x 40.5cm (11 13/16 x 15 15/16in). (2) £5,000 - 7,000 €5,400 - 7,600 £5,000 - 7,000 US$6,100 - 8,500 €5,400 - 7,600 US$6,100 - 8,500 Provenance Private collection, Italy. Provenance Private collection, UK. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 19TH CENTURY ART | 9 5 GUGLIELMO CIARDI (ITALIAN, 1842-1917) Giardini Pubblici, with San Giorgio Maggiore beyond signed ‘G CIARDI’ (lower right) oil on canvas 56 x 92cm (22 1/16 x 36 1/4in). £20,000 - 30,000 €22,000 - 32,000 US$24,000 - 36,000 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 10 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 6 FRIEDRICH PAUL NERLY (ITALIAN, 1824-1919) Veduta di Venezia signed ‘Nerlÿ f’ (lower right) oil on canvas 39.3 x 90cm (15 1/2 x 35 7/16in). £30,000 - 50,000 €32,000 - 54,000 US$36,000 - 61,000 Provenance Private collection, Italy. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 19TH CENTURY ART | 11 7 * JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (FRENCH, 1796-1875) Les marais de Cuincy près de Douai signed ‘COROT’ (lower left) oil on canvas 24 x 33cm (9 7/16 x 13in). Painted circa 1865-1870 £25,000 - 30,000 €27,000 - 32,000 US$30,000 - 36,000 Provenance M. E. Coudray Collection; Sale, Paris, 12 June 1908, no. 14, sold to M. Bayle. Arnold & Tripp, Paris, circa 1909. Bernheim Jeune & Cie, Paris, no. 16676, prior to 1925. Collection Sauphar, Paris. Private collection, USA. Literature André Schoeller and Jean Dieterle, Corot, premier supplément a “L’oeuvre de Corot” par Alfred Robaut et Moreau-Nélaton, Paris, 1948, no. 80. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 12 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 19TH CENTURY ART | 13 8 GUSTAVE COURBET (FRENCH, 1819-1877) Courbet also challenged the traditions of maritime painting. Among La plage de Saint-Aubin many of his contemporaries, marine painting focused on depictions of signed and indistinctly dated ‘.68/Gustave Courbet’ (lower left) the shipping trade, naval activity, military battles and the victory of man oil on canvas over the powerful forces of the sea. J.M.W. Turner was one of the pre- 59.7 x 73.7cm (23 1/2 x 29in). eminent marine painters and his expansive seascapes explored the power of nature through swirling colour and impressive compositions. £120,000 - 180,000 Courbet challenged this tradition of narrative marine painting - €130,000 - 190,000 where the ship and humans provided the story, or a dramatic storm US$150,000 - 220,000 dominated the tale- producing a number of canvases with cloud-filled skies, seascapes full of lyrical beauty with no threat of stormy weather Provenance and minimal human activity, often just a hint of sail in the distance.