FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP

Details

A CASTELLI RECTANGULAR FRAMED PLAQUE
FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP
Painted with Susannah and the Elders, Susannah scantily draped and rising in surprise from a chair beside a fountain, a mirror and toilet boxes strewn at her feet, the Elders gesturing towards the distant wooded and mountainous landscape, in an ebonised reeded wooden frame (firing fault running through centre of scene)
9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) x 8 in. (20.3 cm.) excluding frame

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Brought to you by

Rodney Woolley

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

rwoolley@christies.com +44 (0)20 7752 3026

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

For a plaque decorated with the same subject and attributed to Liborio Grue, see Vincenzo de Pompeis (Ed.), Maioliche di Castelli nella Collezione Acerbo in Loreto Aprution Pescara (2001, Pescara), p. 77, no. 51.

More from Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

View All