Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (French 1684-1745), The flagellation of Christ at the column
Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (French 1684-1745)
The flagellation of Christ at the column
Oil on canvas
127 x 66cm (50 x 25 in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Christie's London, 20 July 1990, lot 65
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Modello for the artist's altarpiece of 1714/1715 in the Church of Santa Maria in Monticelli, Rome.
Lots 46-58 come from the collector and interior designer Edward Bulmer. They comprise part of the collection hung at Edward's Grade II* listed, William and Mary manor house, Court of Noke in Herefordshire.
Edward's passion for art runs parallel with his expertise in interiors. He initially began collecting when working for the picture restorer Alec Cobbe who is well known for his picture hanging projects. He worked on many such ventures with Cobbe, building an understanding of the connoisseurship of the great patrons of the past. He quickly recognised that one could still afford to buy as the great collectors did; on the basis of quality, if one was not restrictive about subject. As such the beginnings of a discerning collection were born.
When he purchased Court of Noke in 1994, it became a passionate restoration project, transforming what was a dilapidated shell with enormous promise, back into a comfortable family home. Some pictures in the collection were sold at this time in order to fund the initial restoration project. Edward describes how the present pictures have become "old friends, adding atmosphere and sophistication to our rooms and I hope that they will now find interesting new homes."
The collection offered here clearly embraces its owner's dedication to quality over narrow focus including as it does, pictures across a range of date periods and subjects from religious paintings to Greek mythology and Italianate landscape works.
Condition Report:
Relined. The reline is quite visible to the edges. Surface dirt and craquelure throughout, with associated cupping and some very small areas of loss scattered throughout. The craquelure and cupping is particularly noticeable to Christ's torso and legs. There are a number of pinholes scattered along the right edge which appear to be gaps in the canvas threads. Two white blemishes to the right hand of the figure to the left of christ and some further white blemishes scattered across the upper left quadrant. There are a number of possible repairs, visible in natural light, one to the figure to the left of Christ, on his left leg, this flares under UV. Another to the left of Christ's arm and a diagonal line of repair from his head moving to the right edge of the canvas. Inspection under UV reveals retouching throughout and a heavy green masking varnish which may be concealing further restoration or repair.
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Jean-Baptiste Van Loo (French 1684-1745)
The flagellation of Christ at the column
Oil on canvas
127 x 66cm (50 x 25 in.)
Provenance:
Sale, Christie's London, 20 July 1990, lot 65
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Modello for the artist's altarpiece of 1714/1715 in the Church of Santa Maria in Monticelli, Rome.
Lots 46-58 come from the collector and interior designer Edward Bulmer. They comprise part of the collection hung at Edward's Grade II* listed, William and Mary manor house, Court of Noke in Herefordshire.
Edward's passion for art runs parallel with his expertise in interiors. He initially began collecting when working for the picture restorer Alec Cobbe who is well known for his picture hanging projects. He worked on many such ventures with Cobbe, building an understanding of the connoisseurship of the great patrons of the past. He quickly recognised that one could still afford to buy as the great collectors did; on the basis of quality, if one was not restrictive about subject. As such the beginnings of a discerning collection were born.
When he purchased Court of Noke in 1994, it became a passionate restoration project, transforming what was a dilapidated shell with enormous promise, back into a comfortable family home. Some pictures in the collection were sold at this time in order to fund the initial restoration project. Edward describes how the present pictures have become "old friends, adding atmosphere and sophistication to our rooms and I hope that they will now find interesting new homes."
The collection offered here clearly embraces its owner's dedication to quality over narrow focus including as it does, pictures across a range of date periods and subjects from religious paintings to Greek mythology and Italianate landscape works.
Condition Report:
Relined. The reline is quite visible to the edges. Surface dirt and craquelure throughout, with associated cupping and some very small areas of loss scattered throughout. The craquelure and cupping is particularly noticeable to Christ's torso and legs. There are a number of pinholes scattered along the right edge which appear to be gaps in the canvas threads. Two white blemishes to the right hand of the figure to the left of christ and some further white blemishes scattered across the upper left quadrant. There are a number of possible repairs, visible in natural light, one to the figure to the left of Christ, on his left leg, this flares under UV. Another to the left of Christ's arm and a diagonal line of repair from his head moving to the right edge of the canvas. Inspection under UV reveals retouching throughout and a heavy green masking varnish which may be concealing further restoration or repair.
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