A catalogue of a truly superb and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the first class, and in the highest state of preservation : selected with very superior taste, and at a liberal expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets on the Continent : the genuine property of Walsh Porter, Esq. going abroad : among numerous chef d'œuvres of the great and most celebrated masters in this collection are : the Virgin with the rabbit, by Corregio, from the collection of the King of Naples : Virgin and Child, Leon. da Vinci, truly capital : the Young card players, Carravagio, from the Aldobrandini palace : two brilliant landscapes, by Claude, from the Duke de Choiseuil's collection : the Tambour battant, Teniers, from the duc de Praslin's ditto : Le roi dépouillé, a surprising picture, by Schalken, formerly in the collection of the late King of France : various capital landscapes by S. Rosa, Cuyp, V. de Velde, C. du Jardin, and Pynaker : the celebrated Phaeton, by Wilson : and a landscape, by Gainsborough : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, March the 22d, 1803, and following day, at twelve o'clock.
Published / Created:
[London] : Mr. Christie, [1803][London] : J. Smeeton, Printer, 148, St. Martin's Lane,
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-171
Subject Terms:
Porter, Walsh, -1809 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Porter, Walsh, -1809 | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.