Lot 1485
JACOB MORE (1740-1793)
LANDSCAPE WITH ARGUS GUARDING IO
Oil on canvas, period gilt `Maratta` frame
47.5 x 59cm.
* The composition is a copy in reverse of Claude's original (Holkham Hall) and was known from engravings by A. Pond, G. Knapton etc, c.1741-1746
Literature: Walpole Society Journal, 1989, B.32
Provenance: Marquis of Headfort, possibly commissioned by the 1st Marquis in Rome; his sale, London, Christies, June 21st 1974, lot 150; sale, Christies, November 25th 1977, lot 151; Private Collection
Exhibited: London, Sothebys, Art into Art: Woks of Art as a Source of Inspiration, 1971, no.239
