Lot No. 101


Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi


(Turin active, died 1736)
Ruins with a Biblical scene,
signed lower centre: OPUS IANES BAPTIST LANFRANC,
and inscribed lower right: P.W.,
oil on canvas, 113.5 x 174.5 cm, unframed

Provenance:
Private European collection

Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi was the son of the still life painter Carlo Lanfranchi (1642–1706) (for Carlo Lanfranchi see: A. Cottino, La Seduzione della Natura: natura morta in Piemonte nel ‘600 e nel ‘700, Turin 2000, pp. 103–104, fig. 14; A. Cifani, F. Monetti, Carlo Lanfranchi, in: L. Trezzani, La Pittura di paesaggio in Italia. Il Seicento, Milano 2004, pp. 292–294).

Little is known of Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi’s biography at present, but it is documented that he inherited the position of conservator of the Royal Palace of Valentino from his father (see A. Cifani, F. Monetti, La collezione di dipinti di Pietro Mellarède (1659–1730) e degli eredi nel castello di Betton Bettonnet in Savoia, in: Saggi e Memorie di storia dell’arte, 33, 2009, p. 180).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
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24.04.2024 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 24,700.-
Estimate:
EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-

Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi


(Turin active, died 1736)
Ruins with a Biblical scene,
signed lower centre: OPUS IANES BAPTIST LANFRANC,
and inscribed lower right: P.W.,
oil on canvas, 113.5 x 174.5 cm, unframed

Provenance:
Private European collection

Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi was the son of the still life painter Carlo Lanfranchi (1642–1706) (for Carlo Lanfranchi see: A. Cottino, La Seduzione della Natura: natura morta in Piemonte nel ‘600 e nel ‘700, Turin 2000, pp. 103–104, fig. 14; A. Cifani, F. Monetti, Carlo Lanfranchi, in: L. Trezzani, La Pittura di paesaggio in Italia. Il Seicento, Milano 2004, pp. 292–294).

Little is known of Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi’s biography at present, but it is documented that he inherited the position of conservator of the Royal Palace of Valentino from his father (see A. Cifani, F. Monetti, La collezione di dipinti di Pietro Mellarède (1659–1730) e degli eredi nel castello di Betton Bettonnet in Savoia, in: Saggi e Memorie di storia dell’arte, 33, 2009, p. 180).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 24.04.2024 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.04. - 24.04.2024


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