One of the Last Great Turner Masterpieces Remaining in Private Hands To be auctioned at Sotheby’s London this December Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates
Rome, from Mount Aventine
Last seen on the market in 1878, this spectacular landscape in immaculate condition
has remained in the Rosebery Collection for the past 136 years
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“This is one of those amazing pictures by which Mr Turner dazzles the imagination
and confounds all criticism: it is beyond praise”
The Morning Post, 1836
London, 8th September 2014 – One of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands will be the highlight of Sotheby’s London Evening sale of Old Master on 3rd December 2014. Painted in 1835 by Britain’s most celebrated artist, Rome, from Mount Aventine is among Turner’s most subtle and atmospheric depictions of the Italian city, a subject that captivated Turner for over twenty years. The large-scale oil painting is further distinguished by its exceptional state of preservation, as well as a prestigious and unbroken provenance, having changed hands for the only time in 1878, when it was acquired by the 5th Earl of Rosebery, later Prime Minister of Great Britain. The picture has remained in the Rosebery collection ever since and will be offered for sale with an estimate of £15-20 million.
Discussing the forthcoming sale, Alex Bell, Joint International Head and Co-Chairman of Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Department said: “There are fewer than ten major Turners in private hands known today and this work must rank as one of the very finest. This painting, which is nearly 200 years old, looks today as if it has come straight from the easel of the artist; never relined and never subject to restoration, the picture retains the freshness of the moment it was painted: the hairs from Turner’s brush, the drips of liquid paint which have run down the edge of the canvas, and every scrape of his palette knife have been preserved in incredible detail. Rome, from Mount Aventine comes to sale at the same time as the groundbreaking exhibition of “Late Turner” at the Tate which will further enhance our understanding of the artist’s genius. Its emergence on the market represents a rare and exciting opportunity for collectors”.
Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale
Sotheby’s London, 3rd December 2014
Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A. (1775-1851)
Rome, from Mount Aventine, 1835
Oil on its original canvas and in its original frame
36 by 49 in.; 91.6 by 124.6 cm
Est. £15-20 million
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