Lot 14
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GRIMALDI (ITALIAN 1606-1680)
A CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AND TOWER
Auction: 23 May 2018 at 12:00 BST
£938
Description
Pen and ink and sepia wash
Dimensions
17cm x 21.5cm (10.5in x 8.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:Miss Claire Judah and thence by descent
Bought from W.R. Jeudwine, Old Master Drawings, 24th May 1966 for £89-5-0
Claire Judah (1922-2017) was born in Calcutta to a Baghdadi Jewish family. She was educated in England and the proudest time of her life was when she worked as a codebreaker during the war at the famous Hut 8 at Bletchley Park. After the war she began collecting prints, paintings and antiques. Added to those she acquired herself were a number she inherited from her mother and uncle. She worked for a series of MPs in parliament. She never married and was a "third grandmother" to her nieces and nephews.