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| Auction House | Cock -- from catalog: Cock | | Sale Location | Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | Bacon, Thomas Sclater
from catalog: Thomas Bacon, Esq. (Deceas'd) | | Lugt Number | 456 | | No. of Painting Lots | 24 | | Notes | The seller was Thomas Sclater Bacon, ca.1664-1736, a lawyer and politician who changed his name from Sclater to Bacon when he married the heiress Elizabeth Bacon.
"A CATALOGUE Of the COLLECTION of BOOKS of ITALIAN, FRENCH and FLEMISH PRINTS and DRAWINGS (Only) of THOMAS BACON, Esq; (Deceas'd) Late MEMBER for the Town of Cambridge ; Consisting of An exceeding fine Sett of the King of France's Cabinet of PRINTS, in 23 vol. Bound in Red Turky gilt ; the Works of Santi Bartoli, viz. His Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum, Columna Trajana & Antonina, Antichi Sepulchri & Lucerne, Gems, Statues, &c. Bleau's Atlas in 14 vol. All Sandrart's Works in Architecture, Painting, &c. in 11 vol. The Florentine Cabinet, 3 vol. The Galleria Justiniana. The Works of Raphael, Julio Romano, Ann. Carracci, Titian, Paul Veronese, Carlo Marat, Le Brun, &c. The Luxembourg Gallery, and other Works of Rubens. The Heads, &c. of Vandyke, and of other illustrious Persons in France, England, Holland, &c. by Nanteuil, Edelinck, Melan, Masson, &c. with great Variety of excellent Prints by Callot, Hollar, and other most eminent Engravers. Which will be Sold by AUCTION, On Wednesday the 2d of February, 1736-7 and the 4 following Days, at Mr. COCK'S, in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden. The Collection may be seen at the Place of Sale on Saturday the 29th Instant, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin at Five o'Clock precisely, by reason of the great Number of Lots to be sold each Evening. CATALOGUES will be deliver'd gratis at the Place of Sale, on Friday next the 28th Instant." | | Catalog Location(s) | BML [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Not annot. | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Art World in Britain | | | |
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