VINCENZO DAL RE | TWO STAGE DESIGNS: A) GALLEONS AT ANCHOR NEAR A TOWER B) A SMITHY IN THE RUINS OF A CELLAR

Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
VINCENZO DAL RE
Italian, died 1762
TWO STAGE DESIGNS:
A) GALLEONS AT ANCHOR NEAR A TOWER
B) A SMITHY IN THE RUINS OF A CELLAR

A): Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, within two sets of brown ink framing lines;
signed in brown ink to the lower left margin: Vincenzo Re In.or et Del.vt and bears numbering, verso: D:M. 27
B): Pen and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk, within two sets of brown ink framing lines;
signed with the artist's initials in brown ink to the lower right margin: VRe Inv.or and bears numbering, verso: D:M. 36

A): 356 by 473 mm; 14 by 18⅝ in
B): 351 by 468 mm; 13¾ by 18½ in
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Condition Report:
Both works are hinge mounted to decorative mounts. There is an old mount stain to the four margins of both works and some general minor toning and foxing to each sheet. Both works are in otherwise good condition throughout, with the media fresh and vibrant. Both works sold in modern giltwood frames.

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Provenance:
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt. (1897-1988),

his sale and others, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 1969, lots 147 and 154;

sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 December 1976, lots 39 and 40