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54 - Paolo CALIARI, known as Il VERONESE (Verona, 1528 – Venice, …
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Estimate €150,000 - €200,000
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Paolo CALIARI, known as Il VERONESE (Verona, 1528 – Venice, 1588) The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Oil on canvas (Signs of wear and restoration) In a richly carved and gilded oak frame, a French piece from the late Louis XIV period The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, oil on canvas, by P. Caliari, known as Il Veronese 62.59 x 63.97 in. 159 x 162.5 cm Provenance: Collection of the family of the Marquis de La Vrillière, Paris, according to Pierre-Jean Mariette in the 18th century; Probably purchased around 1798 by John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire (1739–1820) for his residence at Charlton Park, Wiltshire; Then passed down through the family to Henry, 19th Earl of Suffolk and 12th Earl of Berkshire (1877–1917), bequeathed to his wife Margaret ‘Daisy’ Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire (1879–1968), Redlynch Park, Somerset; Sold at his estate sale, London, Sotheby’s, 24 January 1973, lot 20B (attributed to the School of Veronese); Acquired at that sale by Marshall Spink; On loan to Ranger’s House, Greenwich (1995–1998); Anonymous sale; London, Christie’s, 16 December 1998, lot 49; Probably acquired at this sale by the family of the current owner; Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Pierre-Jean Mariette, *Notes sur les peintres et les graveurs, Paris, 1740–1770*, II, ed. 1969, p. 302, no. 31 Gustav Friedrich Waagen, *Treasures of Art in Great Britain*, London, 1854, vol. III, p. 171 Terisio Pignatti and Theodore Crombie, ‘Veronese and his interest in Landscape in the 1580s. ‘The Rest on the Return from Egypt in Context’, *Apollo*, CXVI, no. 247, September 1982, pp. 140–145 Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, *Veronese*. Complete Catalogue, Florence, 1991, p. 287, no. 215 Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese, Milan, 1995, II, p. 443, no. 335 Paolo CALIARI, known as Il VERONESE (Verona, 1528 – Venice, 1588) 159 x 162.5 cm
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