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Old Master Paintings from the Robert Compton Jones Collection

A remarkable private collection spanning centuries of European art history, with works dating as far back as the 14th century, and a particular focus on the Italian Renaissance.

AUCTION

Sale: LJ8812
8 December 2025, 6:00pm 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
Tel: 02 9362 9045


Lot 1

MASTER OF SAN TORPÈ (Pisa, active first quarter 14th century) The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene and John th...

Estimate:
$30,000 - 40,000

Lot 2

Attributed to JACOPO DI CIONE (Florence, active c.1362-1398/1400) St Romauld (or Beata Jacopo Geri?), St Mark, and St Paul the Hermi...

Estimate:
$100,000 - 145,000

Lot 3

BICCI DI LORENZO (Florence, 1373-1452) The central panel: the Madonna and Child enthroned and flanked by two angels; the left wing:...

Estimate:
$40,000 - 60,000

Lot 4

Circle of MARIOTTO DI NARDO (Florence, fl. 1394-1424) Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints tempera on gold ground panel 70 x 43cm...

Estimate:
$30,000 - 50,000

Lot 5

PAOLO DI STEFANO BADALONI, called PAOLO SCHIAVO (Florence, 1397-1478) Christ Before Caiaphas, and the Denial of St Peter oil on line...

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Lot 6

NERI DI BICCI (Florence, 1418-1492) The Madonna and Child with an attending Angel and Seraphim tempera and gold on panel 53.5 x 39cm...

Estimate:
$60,000 - 90,000

Lot 7

LUCA SIGNORELLI (Cortona, c. 1450-1523) Saint Michael c.1502 oil on panel 49.5 x 20.5cm (56.5 x 28.1cm framed)

Estimate:
$140,000 - 180,000

Lot 8

Attributed to MARCO BASAITI (Venice, active 1496-1530) Saint Jerome in the Wilderness oil on panel 37 x 47cm (61 x 72.3cm framed)

Estimate:
$40,000 - 60,000

Lot 9

GIROLAMO DI BENVENUTO (Siena, 1470-1524) The Nativity with God the Father above oil on panel 59.5 x 37.5cm (76 x 54cm framed)

Estimate:
$80,000 - 120,000

Lot 10

THE MASTER OF FRANKFURT AND WORKSHOP (Antwerp c.1460-?1533) The Adoration of the Magi; and The Annunciation oil on panel, triptych c...

Estimate:
$30,000 - 40,000

Lot 11

BATTISTA DOSSI (Ferrara, c.1475-1548) The Adoration of the Shepherds oil on panel 74 x 57.5cm (99 x 83.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$100,000 - 150,000

Lot 12

IPPOLITO SCARSELLA, LO SCARSELLINO (Ferrara, c.1550-1620) The Martyrdom of St Ursula oil on canvas 76 x 101.1cm (91.5 x 118cm framed)

Estimate:
$15,000 - 20,000

Lot 13

JACOPO TINTORETTO (Venice, 1519-1594) The Feast of Dives and Lazarus oil on panel 24.5 x 60cm (37 x 72.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$80,000 - 120,000

Lot 14

FRANCESCO GUARDI (Venice, 1712-1793) The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore from the West; and View of the Cannaregio, with the Ponte de...

Estimate:
$500,000 - 700,000

Lot 15

FRANCESCO GUARDI (Venice, 1712-1793) Capriccio veneziano con ponte e rudere di architrave (Capriccio of a bridge and classical colum...

Estimate:
$100,000 - 120,000

Lot 16

Circle of GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI (LO SPAGNUOLO) (Bologna, 1665-1747) A woman seated with a small dog, and a figure descending a stair...

Estimate:
$30,000 - 50,000

Lot 18

MATTHIAS STOM, called STOMER (Amersfoort c.1600-after 1652 Sicily or Northern Italy) A Man Lighting a Lamp oil on canvas 98.5 x 73cm...

Estimate:
$80,000 - 120,000

Lot 19

GIOVAN DOMENICO VALENTINO (Active Rome 1661-1681) The Interior of a Chemist Shop oil on canvas 97.5 x 135cm (119 x 156.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Lot 20

ELENA RECCO (Naples c.1654-1715 Madrid) Fruits of the Sea oil on canvas 97.1 x 73cm (114 x 89.5cm framed)

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Lot 21

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (Venice, 1682-1754) Abel Morto (The Death of Abel) oil on canvas 76.5 x 108cm (91 x 121cm framed)

Estimate:
$20,000 - 40,000

Lot 22

GIUSEPPE MARIA CRESPI (LO SPAGNUOLO) (Bologna, 1665-1747) Scene at the Wall of a Cathedral c.1730-1740 oil on canvas 56 x 71.5cm (69...

Estimate:
$15,000 - 20,000

Lot 23

FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO (Venice, 1707-1769) Adoration of the Magi oil on canvas 64.5 x 74.5cm (67.3 x 84cm framed)

Estimate:
$16,000 - 24,000

Lot 24

Follower of GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (Italian School, late 18th/early 19th century) Christ on Cross with St Francis oil on canvas...

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Lot 25

FRANCESCO ZUCCARELLI (Pitigliano 1702-1788 Florence) Paesaggio con cavaliere, ponte di pietra e mendicanti (Landscape with knight, s...

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Lot 26

UNKNOWN ARTIST (Roman School, 18th century) Landscape with Travellers and Approaching Storm oil on canvas 77 x 63.5cm (89 x 77cm fra...

Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000

Lot 27

Circle of GIOVANNI BATTISTA IL PITTONI (Venice, 1687-1767) Bacchus and Ariadne oil on canvas 71 x 54cm (93.5 x 71cm framed)

Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000

Lot 28

PIETRO LIBERI (Padua 1605-1687 Venice) Mercury and Venus oil on canvas 160 x 229.3cm (175.8 x 246cm framed)

Estimate:
$20,000 - 40,000

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