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circa 1780-1785
Painting
oil on canvas
82.2 x 44.2cm stretcher; 99.5 x 61.3 x 5.5cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1995
178.1995
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Fairfax Galleries/Room 3
Provenance
James Oswald Fairfax AO (Australia, b.1933), 23 Mar 1970-22 Jun 1995, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1995. Purchased by James Fairfax through Heim Gallery, London 1970. Société pour le commerce des tableaux, S.A., Paris (France), 1966-23 Mar 1970, Paris/France, Sold to James Fairfax through Heim Gallery, London, 23 March 1970. Heim commission book, Getty Research Institute.
Bibliography
Book; Great philanthropists on trial : the art of the bequest; Andrew Grimwade (Australia), Gerard Vaughan (Australia); 2006, 129, 'The James Fairfax collection' by Edmund Capon, pg.126-135 Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints; Richard Beresford (England; Australia), Peter Raissis (Australia); 2003, 188, 189 (colour illus.), cat.no. 54 Periodical; Gazette des Beaux-Arts; Editor Unknown; Mar 1996, 42 (illus.), 'Chronique des Arts' suppliment, no. 164 Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old masters; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1992, no catalogue numbers Exhibition catalogue; 'Private treasures': an exhibition of art from Australian private collectors covering a period of five centuries; David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney (Australia); 1978, cat.no. 154 Book; Giandomenico Tiepolo; Adriano Mariuz (Italy); 1971, 136 (illus.), pl. 326 Exhibition catalogue; Italian paintings and sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries; Heim Gallery London (England); 1966, 13, cat.no. 29
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: 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: 'Private treasures': an exhibition of art from Australian private collectors covering a period of five centuries
Venue: David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney Opening: 10 Jan 1978 Closing: 21 Jan 1978 Notes: cat.no. 154
Title: Italian paintings and sculptures of the 17th and 18th centuries
Venue: Heim Gallery London Opening: Summer 1966 Closing: Summer 1966 Notes: cat.no. 29
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