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Click here to subscribeA VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE 19th century, the drop-flap top with moulded edges, above a single frieze drawer at one end, on a baluster turned stem, and outswept legs, with brass feet and castors, 71cm high x 92cm long x 54cm wide (flaps down)Property from 24, Connaught Square, Marble Arch.
A PROVINCIAL FRENCH FRUITWOOD DINING TABLE 19th century, the rectangular top above a plain frieze, with a single drawer to one end, and a slide to one side, on chamfered block legs joined by stretchers, 76cm high x 173cm long x 83cm wideProperty from 24, Connaught Square, Marble Arch.
CIRCLE OF AMBROSIUS BENSON (FLEMISH B. 1495-1550)THE BANQUET OF THE PRODIGAL SONOil on panel, unframedInscription 'FILIVS PRODIG* DISC(...) SVBSTANTIAE (...)' lower left130 x 167cm (51 x 65½ in.)This Flemish painting relates to a series of 16th century paintings by Ambrose Benson (1495-1550, b. Lombardy, a. Bruges) described by the art historian, Georges Marlier, as 'Reunions Galantes et Concerts aprés le Repas' (G. Marlier, Ambrosius Benson et la Peinture à Bruges au Temps de Charles-Quint, Damme, 1957, p. 229). The series combines the tradition of musical gatherings found in Italian art with Flemish banquet representations (ibid. p. 233). There are about ten paintings of this genre either attributed to Benson or from his workshop including: one in the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona (ibid., cat. 120); another in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel (ibid., cat. 114); one formerly in the collection of Paul Wallraf (ibid., cat. 117); another in the Louvre, Paris (ibid. cat. 119) and one in a private collection (cat. 120). They all depict men and women dressed in the latest fashion around a square or round table on which an extravagant meal is laid out with platters of fruit and bread together with plates, knives, flacons and drinking glasses. As the meal is in effect over, some of the figures are playing the flute and lute, others intimately drape their arms around each other, and there are playing cards on the table. The whole scene takes place in a garden with, in the foreground, a foliate screen or drapery, and, in the distance, a land- or townscape. This description of Benson's genre paintings can equally relate to the present painting, which is by another as yet unidentified artist but undoubtedly inspired by Benson's oeuvre. The indistinct inscription on the bucket in the lower left corner hints at the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, a theme which was commonly used to dignify a genre scene with moral content. In Luke 15:11-32 the son squanders his father's fortune on a lavish life of drinking, gambling and prostitutes until he is so destitute that he is forced to take work as a swineherd, which is simultaneously depicted in the landscape in the background. Provenance: This item was inherited from the 7th Viscount Gort, deemed to be of national importance and placed into conditional exemption upon his death Condition Report: The panel is made up of at least five planks of wood which is supported by a strip of wood around each edge and a thin layer of canvas on the reverse. Generally the panel appears stable although there are old cracks which have been filled, most of theses are horizontals and visible to the naked eye. There are minor surface scratches and abrasions and a small replacement to the corner of the lover right panel. The paint surface is in remarkable fresh condition and the surface impasto is well preserved. Under UCV light there are scattered edges of planks of wood. There is also some work in the corner with the dog and the cat. There are also some fine lines of retouching in the sitters foreheads but generally they are untouched and in remarkable good condition. The varnish layer is slightly discoloured and there is some surface dirt. The picture is unframed. Condition Report Disclaimer
Y FRANCOIS FERRIERE (SWISS 1752-1839)PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF HARRIET CATHERINE SCOTT (TOWNSHEND), COUNTESS OF DALKEITH AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH, TOGETHER WITH HER TWO CHILDRENOil on ivorySigned and dated 1799 (centre left)12 x 10cm (4½ x 3¾ in.)Harriet Catherine Scott Townshend was the youngest daughter of the 1st Viscount Sydney and married Charles William Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch in 1795. She is depicted with her two children, Anne Elizabeth Montague and George Henry Montagu Douglas- Scott, who was to become the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. Please note: the cataloguing for the medium of this lot has been amended to oil on ivory. Please also note: CITES has been marked to this lot. Condition Report: Unexamined out of glazed frame. Cracking in the red pigment at the edge of the table. Light rubbing to the edges. Inspection under UV reveals a green varnish and light retouching scattered across the surface. Condition Report Disclaimer
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