Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Title:
A catalogue of a capital, genuine and highly valuable collection of Italian pictures of the very distinguished class, recently consigned from Italy : comprising the following distinguished chef d'œuvres, selected and purchased at a most liberal expence, from among the treasures of the Barbernini Palace, viz. : the daughter of Herodias with the head of St. John the Baptist, Leo. da Vinci, a dignified and grateful composition, in the finest style of that sublime painter, and mentioned by Vasari : in the highest preservation-- Christ bound, Titian an exquisite picture of the Master : A Magdalen in the Desert, Guido, a beautiful picture, particularly noticed by the Count Malvaste, in his Lives of the Painters, capital : a Female at her Toilet, Giogione : a portrait, V. Dyck : and others, by the following great Masers : Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Baroccio, Guercion, Guido, S. De Pesaro, G. Cagnacci, C. Dolce, Morone, V. Dyck, Claude, Both, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 30th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.
Published / Created:
[London] : Mr. Christie, [1805]

London : J. Smeeton, Printer, 148, St. Martin's Lane,
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
" ... it would seem that the pictures consigned from Italy were not what they were purported to be, and this is supported by the fact that they have not been found in inventories of the Barberini collection."--Getty Provenance Index Databases.
Subject Terms:
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
Contributors:
Smeeton, Joseph, printer.