A catalogue of a most capital and valuable collection of Italian, Venetian, Spanish, French, German, Flemish, Dutch and English pictures : which were purchased for His Majesty the late King of Poland : and amongst which are the undoubted works of the following truly eminent masters . : which will be sold by auction by Mess. Skinner and Dyke, on Tuesday the 16th and March, 1802, and two following days, at twelve o'clock, at the great room, no. 3 Berner's Street, the third door on the right from Oxford Street.

"The sale was ostensibly devoted to the paintings purchased for the recently deceased King of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, by the London dealer Noel Joseph Desenfans. . [T]he king was deposed in 1795 and subsequently died in Russia in 1798, forcing Desenfans to put the paintings up for sale in order to recoup his expenses.''--Getty Provenance Index Databases. Description of sale catalog BR-86, viewed December 12, 2016. ; Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, ; Date of sale: March 16-18, 1802. ; Place of sale: London. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Library's copy 3 is annotate... Mehr ...