LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

53.94 in. (137.00 cm.) (height) by 39.57 in. (100.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated lower left: Ant. Maron fe. Rom 1767

Condition:

framed

Exhibited:

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, il Settecento a Roma, 19th March- 31st May 1959 (as Anton von Maron);, Rome, Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi, Artisti austriaci a Roma dal barocco alla secessione, March-April 1972 (as Anton von Maron)

Literature:

E. Lavagnino (ed.)~ Il Settecento a Roma~ exibition catalogue 1959~ p. 148. no. 373~ fig. 72 (as Anton von Maron); ~B. Skinner~ Settecento a Roma Exhibtion~ in: The Burlington Magazine~ 101/1959~ p. 291-295; ~M. Weingartner~ Porträts aus Mengs Schule~ in: Römische Historische Mitteilungen~ V~ 1961-1962~ pp. 236-237 (as Anton von Maron); ~A. Busiri Vici~ Ritratti di Nathaniel Dance tra Ruderi e Salotti~ in: Capitolium~ 1965~ p. 384-391; ~S. Roettgen~ “Antonius de Maron faciebat Romae” Intorno all’Opera di Anton von Maron a Roma~ in Artisti austriaci a Roma dal Barocco alla Secessione~ exhibition catalogue~ Rome 1972~ p. 165~ no. 228 (as Anton von Maron); ~S. Rudolph~ La pittura del ´700 a Roma~ Milan 1983~ fig. 448;~A. Busiri Vici~ Thomas Jenkins fra l’Arte e l’Antiquariato~ in: Rivista l’Urbe~ 5-6~ September-December 1985~ p. 158~ ill. no. 1 (as Anton von Maron); ~A. Ryszkiewicz~ Un souvenir polonais du Grand Tour~ in: Bulletin du Musée National de Vasovie~ XXXI~ no. 4~ 1990~ p. 92~ fig.4 (as Anton von Maron); ~G. Sestieri~ Repertorio della Pittura Romana della Fine del Seicento e del Settecento~ vol 1~ Turin 1994~ p. 121; ~C. v. Schultzendorff~ Aufstieg und Niedergang des Dilittanten: Zur Darstellung und Bewertung der “dilettanti” in der englischen Malerei und Graphik 1720-1830~ Bonn 1999~ p. 89; ~F. Petrucci (ed.)~ I Volti del Potere ritratti di uomini illustri a Roma dall’Impero Romano al Neoclassicismo~ Roma 2004~ p. 13-24~ fig. 46; ~A. Lo Bianco~ A Negro (ed.)~ Il Settecento a Roma~ exhibition catalogue~ Cinisello Balsamo - Milan 2005~ p. 239~ no. 135~ fig. 135; ~I. Schmittmann~ Anton von Maron (1731�"1808)~ Leben und Werk~ Munich 2013~ p. 257-258~ ill. no. 68~ tf. 11 (as Anton von Maron)

Provenance:

Collection Andrea Busiri Vici, Rome; and thence by descent to the present owner