Zanetti, Antonio Maria
Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae.
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 763
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four, Lot 763
29. Oct - 29. Oct 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
ZANETTI, Antonio Maria (1679-1767). Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae. -- Dactyliotheca. Edited by Antonio Francesco Gori. Translated by Girolamo Francesco Zanetti. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1750.
[With:]
ZANETTI, Antonio Maria. Dactyliotheca Ant. M. Zanetti. An album comprising manuscript title within border and 80 mounted drawings of all subjects for Le gemme antiche. Gemmae Antiquae. [Presumably Venice, ca 1749/50].
3 parts in 2 volumes, large 4 o (339 x 252 mm). Engraved title and 80 engraved plates and the ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWINGS. Early 19th-century English red straight-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges (some minor staining and light rubbing). Provenance: Erasmus Phillips; Hans Calmann (pencil note on front free endpaper); acquired from Colnaghi, 1980.
FIRST EDITION AND THE COMPLETE SERIES OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS of Antonio Maria Zanetti's catalogue of his famous collection of gems. Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Venetian engraver, connoisseur, and collector of engraved gems, provided the drawings for this sumptuously illustrated account of classical and modern gems in his own collection in Venice. The description of the gems are by Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757), who had also worked with him on the Delle Antiche Statue Greche e Romane che nell'Antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano, (see Vershbow sale, part III, lot 759). Zanetti enjoyed showing his collection to visitors, and some mistakenly thought the Gemme antichi was a deluxe sale catalogue and made offers for the gems. Zanetti refused to entertain any offers until the Duke of Marlborough offered to pay 1200 zecchini for four of his gems, which Zanetti excepted. Piranesi incorporated four gems from Zanetti's collection (plates 37, 33
[With:]
ZANETTI, Antonio Maria. Dactyliotheca Ant. M. Zanetti. An album comprising manuscript title within border and 80 mounted drawings of all subjects for Le gemme antiche. Gemmae Antiquae. [Presumably Venice, ca 1749/50].
3 parts in 2 volumes, large 4 o (339 x 252 mm). Engraved title and 80 engraved plates and the ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWINGS. Early 19th-century English red straight-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges (some minor staining and light rubbing). Provenance: Erasmus Phillips; Hans Calmann (pencil note on front free endpaper); acquired from Colnaghi, 1980.
FIRST EDITION AND THE COMPLETE SERIES OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS of Antonio Maria Zanetti's catalogue of his famous collection of gems. Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Venetian engraver, connoisseur, and collector of engraved gems, provided the drawings for this sumptuously illustrated account of classical and modern gems in his own collection in Venice. The description of the gems are by Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757), who had also worked with him on the Delle Antiche Statue Greche e Romane che nell'Antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano, (see Vershbow sale, part III, lot 759). Zanetti enjoyed showing his collection to visitors, and some mistakenly thought the Gemme antichi was a deluxe sale catalogue and made offers for the gems. Zanetti refused to entertain any offers until the Duke of Marlborough offered to pay 1200 zecchini for four of his gems, which Zanetti excepted. Piranesi incorporated four gems from Zanetti's collection (plates 37, 33
A top price for Anton Maria Zanetti I - as previously expected
The work Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae. by Anton Maria Zanetti I was sold in the The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four auction at Christies in New York in October 2013. The result of USD 30,000.00 (€ 22,068.56) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 30,000.00 – 40,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae. is the most expensive artwork by Anton Maria Zanetti I that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae. von Anton Maria Zanetti I wurde im Oktober 2013 in der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Four bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 30.000,00 (€ 22.068,56) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 30.000,00 – 40.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Le gemme antiche. Aemmae Antiquae. das teuerste Kunstwerk von Anton Maria Zanetti I, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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