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Venetian Old Master to remain at Kiplin Hall
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| The Piazza San Marco During a Carnival (detail) |
AN EARLY 18th century oil
painting of Venice at carnival
time will remain at
Kiplin Hall, near Scorton,
under the inheritance tax Acceptance
in Lieu scheme.
The painting is one of four large
scenes of Venice by Luca Carlevarijs
commissioned from the artist
between 1705 and 1715 by
Christopher Crowe, of Ashington
Hall, in Northumberland, during
his time as British Consul in
Livorno, near Florence.
In 1715, Crowe married Lady
Charlotte Lee, daughter of the Earl
of Lichfield and illegitimate
grand-daughter of King Charles II.
She had been divorced from her
previous husband, the 4th Baron
Baltimore, who owned Kiplin Hall,
and is rumoured to have had several
illegitimate children.
Her scandalous past meant her
new husband was unable to remain
as consul, and the couple returned
to England in 1716.
Charlotte died in 1721, and a year
later Christopher bought Kiplin
Hall and an estate of 800 acres
from his stepson Charles Calvert,
5th Lord Baltimore.
The four large canvases by Carlevarijs
hung in the drawing room
at Kiplin until 1971, when the
owner, Bridget Talbot, sold two.
Kiplin Hall trustees sold a third in
2005, thus incurring inheritance
tax.
The Piazza San Marco During a
Carnival and 11 other works on
permanent display, all deemed to
be national treasures, have been
accepted by the Government in
place of inheritance tax and allocated
back.
They include a portrait of Christopher
Crowe by Francesco Trevisani,
a late 16th century oil on
panel by Joachim Beuckelaer and
a pair of 18th oil paintings showing
views of The Entrance to the
Grand Canal by a follower of
Canaletto.
Other portraits include Elizabeth
Carpenter and her son by Sir
William Beechey, and three portraits
of the Talbot sisters, daughters
of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury,
by the renowned Victorian
artist George Frederic Watts.
Dawn Webster, curator, said: "The
two views of Venice by Carlevarijs
left Kiplin in 1994. They were displayed
in York Art Gallery for some
years before moving to the National
Museum and Art Gallery in
Cardiff.
We are delighted to have the remaining
original painting back at
the hall.
"It is a wonderful depiction of an
early 18th century Venetian carnival.
St Mark's Square is filled with
people, many wearing carnival
costume and masks, and the canvas
glows with colour and light."
The 12 works on display under the
acceptance in lieu scheme are
part of the collection formed by
the families who owned Kiplin
Hall from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
The scheme is administered
by the Museums, Libraries
and Archives Council on behalf of
the Government.
The hall, on the B6271 Scorton to
Northallerton road, is open from
Sunday to Wednesday, 2pm-5pm,
until September 30. For more information,
tel 01748-818178.
1:08pm Friday 25th April 2008
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