A catalogue of the valuable and highly interesting collection of studies in oils and water-colours made by Joseph West, Esq. during a visit to the Continent : comprising finished pictures and drawings in water colours, and pencil sketches, from the most celebrated works of the great masters in Rome, Florence, Venice, Paris, and in the first galleries in this country ; forming a beautiful series in which the colouring and spirit of the originals have been admirably preserved : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Christie, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 6th, 1834, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.
Published / Created:
[ London] : [Messrs. Christie, Manson and Christie], [1834]
Physical Description:
11 pages ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 9 no.21 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 9 no.22 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Artists include Rubens, Raphael, Titian, Murillo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vandyck, Veronese, Tintoretto, Terburg, and CorreggioGetty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-4282Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 13696Date of sale: June 6-7, 1834.Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is annotated in ink and graphite with sale prices for all lots. Number 21 of 50 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is not annotated but has an additional sheet tipped in annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 22 of 50 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.
Subject Terms:
West, Joseph, 1797–1874 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Drawing, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
Contributors:
Borch, Gerard ter, 1617–1681, artist. | Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573–1610, artist. | Correggio, 1489?-1534, artist. | Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617–1682, artist. | Raphael, 1483–1520, artist. | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669, artist. | Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640, artist. | Tintoretto, 1518–1594, artist. | Titian, approximately 1488–1576, artist. | Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, artist. | Veronese, 1528–1588, artist.