16.7.09

BONHAMS SELLS ZOCCHI PAINTING FOR £1.3 MILLION


A PAINTING BY GIUSEPPE ZOCCHI (1711-1767), ESTIMATED TO SELL FOR AN ESTIMATED £150,000-250,00 AT BONHAMS RECENT 8.JULY OLD MASTER PAINTINGS SALE, MADE A WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT £1.3 MILLION. THE PAINTING'S TITLE, "VIEW OF THE TIBER LOOKING TOWARDS THE CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, WITH SAINT PETER'S IN THE DISTANCE", IS A PAINTING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY LOCATELLI, UNTIL A RECENTLY DISCOVERED SKETCH BY ZOCCHI EXACTLY MATCHING THE PAINTING AND REVEALING THE TRUE ORIGINS OF THE WORK CAME TO LIGHT. THE GRANDE PAINTING WAS ACQUIRED AROUND 1949 BY THE PRESENT OWNER'S PARENTS AND IT WAS FORMERLY HUNG AT INGLEWOOD HOUSE, DEVON. CHARLES LANNING, BONHAMS REGIONAL DIRECTOR IN DEVON SAYS: "THE PAINTING TURNED UP AS THE RESULT OF A VALUATION I DID AT A SMALL COTTAGE IN THE SOUTH HAMS. THE CLIENT KNEW IT WAS A VALUABLE PICTURE BUT IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WRONG ARTIST. THE CLIENT HAD NO IDEA WHAT ITS AUCTION VALUE WOULD BE."
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING RESULT IN THE OLD MASTER SALE WAS A PAINTING BY JACOB VAN OOST, 'BOY AT A STONE WINDOW', WHICH HAD BEEN ESTIMATED AT £50,000, BUT WENT FOR A STAGGERING £624,000, AGAIN A WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THIS ARTIST.

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