Auction 150 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

1

Portrait of the Hon. Augustus Townshend (1716-1745), full-length, in a red coat, beside a table

Andrea Casali (1705-1784)


Estimate

25.000 - 30.000


Session 1

4 June 2025



Description

Oil on canvas
With the inscription "Augs. Townsheand Obt. 1745 / 2nd son of Charles Lord Vis. / Townshend by his 2nd wife"

223,5x149,7 cm


Additional Information



Provenance:
Collection of the Church Commissioners, Lambeth Palace;
Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, 22 October 1958, lot 47.

Exhibitions:


Literature:
S. Secchi, Esposizione della pittura italiana del’ Settecento nei suoi fermenti, Turin, 1956, p. 44, no. 1, pl. 22a-b.



Closed Auction