(Mirandola 1673–1741 Bologna)
Architectural capriccio,
tempera on canvas, 207.5 x 76 cm, frame curved above, notched below

Verso on the original frame inscribed on 19th-century labels: 1823/Palazzo di S. A. R./ la Ducchessa di Galliera/Marca dell’Ambiente N. 42/Marca dell’Inventario N. 1445; Palazzo R. di Bologna/Quartiere/Camera N. 186/N. 1168.

Provenance:
possibly Caprara family, Palazzo Caprara, Bologna;
Josephine de Beauharnais (Milan 1807–1876 Stockholm), Duchess of Galliera (later Queen of Sweden), Palazzo Reale di Bologna (formerly Palazzo Caprara), circa 1806;
possibly acquired from the Marchese Raffaele Luigi di Ferrari (1803–1876), Duke of Galliera, 1837;
by inheritance to his wife, Marchesa Maria Brignole Sale;
possibly by inheritance to Antonio Maria Filippo d’Orleans (Sevilla 1824–1890), Duke of Montpensier, circa 1888;
subsequently by inheritance to his son, Antonio Maria Luigi Filippo d’Orleans Borbone (1866–1930), Duke of Montpensier;
European private collection.

Documentation:
Bologna, Archivio di Stato, Fondo Ducato di Galliera, series no. 15, vol. IV, inventary, 1823, f. 158: ‘Vecchia guardaroba per generali; 22. Sala, 1445, Due dette prospettive piccole per il lungo, autore e cornice come sopra Mirandolese”

See lots 578 and 579 (part 1, 17 April 2013).