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circa 1740-circa 1742
Painting
oil on canvas
51.0 x 61.3cm stretcher; 65.0 x 75.5 x 6.0cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1993
481.1993
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Fairfax Galleries/Room 3
Provenance
James Oswald Fairfax AO (Australia, b.1933), 30 Jul 1985-31 Aug 1993, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1993. Purchased by James Fairfax from Agnew's, 30 July 1985. Purchased from the exhibition 'Venetian eighteenth century painting' 5 June - 19 July 1985, cat.no. 2
Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), 1984-30 Jul 1985, London/England, Purchased by Agnew's from C.P. Drinkwater 1984. Sold to James Fairfax, 30 July 1985. Purchased by Fairfax from the exhibition 'Venetian eighteenth century painting' 5 June - 19 July 1985, cat.no. 2
C.P. Drinkwater, pre 1984, purchased by Agnew's 1984
Joseph Franz Anton Graf von Walburg-Zeil-Wurzbach (Austria), pre 23 May 1806, Vienna/Austria, Possibly AGNSW work. Joseph Franz Anton Graf von Walburg-Zeil-Wurzbach, Vienna, exhibited by him for sale by private contract, Truchsessian Gallery London, 14 May 1804 ff., no. 858 (Bacchus and Ariadne 1'5" x 2' / 43.2 x 61cm), unsold, and his (anon., 'Truchessian Gallery') sale, Skinner and Dyke, London 22-23 May 1806, 2nd day, lot no. 187.
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints; Richard Beresford (England; Australia), Peter Raissis (Australia); 2003, 12-15, 13 (colour illus.), cat.no.1
Periodical; Gazette des Beaux-Arts; Editor Unknown; Mar 1994, 33 (illus.), 'Chronique des Arts', no.144 with incorrect dimensions
Annual report; Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1994, 44
Exhibition catalogue; Great gifts, great patrons: an exhibition celebrating private patronage of the Gallery; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1994, no catalogue numbers
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old masters; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1992, no catalogue numbers
Exhibition catalogue; Venetian eighteenth-century paintings; Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817); 1985, 6 (colour illus.), 8, cat.no. 2
Exhibition venue
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Apr 2003
Closing: 20 Jul 2003
Curator: Beresford, Richard
Raissis, Peter
Title: Great gifts, great patrons
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Aug 1994
Closing: 19 Oct 1994
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old masters
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 25 Apr 1992
Closing: 14 Jun 1992
Curator: Free, Renée
Capon, Edmund
Title: Venetian eighteenth-century painting
Venue: Agnew's, London
Opening: 05 Jun 1985
Closing: 19 Jul 1985
Notes: cat.no. 2
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