Lot 19
The Interior of a Chemist Shop
oil on canvas
signed with initials 'G.D.V.' (on albarello, upper left)
97.5 x 135cm (119 x 156.5cm framed)
Estimate $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, London, Old Master Paintings - Including Diego Rodriguez de Silva Y Velazquez, 7 December 2011, lot 49
where presumably purchased by Robert Compton Jones
Valentino has been known to sign other works in the same way, for example within the composition of his painting in the Wellcome Collection, London, an almost identical jar with his initials can be found.
RELATED WORK:
Valentino, Pharmaceutical vessels: still life with a man and a dog, oil on canvas, 36.1 x 47cm, Wellcome Collection, London (ref. no. 44600i)
Old Master Paintings from the Robert Compton Jones Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8812
6:00pm - 8 December 2025
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
MELB: Friday 21 - Sunday 23 November (Highlights), 10am-4pm, 2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn, VIC
SYD: Friday 5 - Sunday 7 December, 10am-4pm, The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra, NSW
CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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