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BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1721-1780 WARSAW)

Lot 26
02.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1511768
Lot 26 | BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1721-1780 WARSAW)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1721-1780 WARSAW)
Venice, The Grand Canal looking North from the Rialto Bridge
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 36 7/8 in. (62.5 x 93.7 cm.)




Provenance

Olivia Guthrie, née Leslie (1872-1945), Duart Castle and later called Torosay Castle, Isle of Mull and 9 Upper Berkeley Street, London; Christie's, London, 11 March 1911, lot 14, as 'B. Canaletto', where acquired for 630 gns. by the following,
with P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London, from whom a half-share was acquired on 27 May 1911 for £352.10 by the following,
with Knoedler & Co., New York.
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), Warwick House, London; (†), Christie's, London, 19 December 1941, lot 56, as 'Antonio Canaletto', where acquired for 1,100 gns. by the following,
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, until 1944, where acquired by,
James Voase Rank (1881-1952), Druid's Lodge, Wiltshire and London, and by inheritance to his widow,
Patricia Edytha Rank, née Morgan (1898-1954), from whom acquired by,
Private collection, UK, and by descent to his son, by whom sold at the following,
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1992, lot 79, as 'Canaletto', where acquired after the sale by the following,
with Matthiesen Gallery, London, and Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1993.
with Lampronti Gallery, London and Rome, where acquired by the following in 2007,
Anonymous sale [Property from a European Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2017, lot 25 (£2,049,000), where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

T. Borenius, Works of Art in the Collection of Viscount Rothermere, London, 1932, n.p., pl. 34, as 'Antonio Canale'.
W.G. Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1962, II, p. 282, no. 233(b), as 'from a reproduction, probably by Canaletto'.
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto, London, 1972, II, p. 439, no. Z206, under ‘Works attributed to Bellotto, related to the Italian period’, as 'may be a good example of the work of [Canaletto’s] studio in about 1740'.
E. Camesasca, L’opera completa del Bellotto, Milan, 1974, p. 118, no. 262 C, under ‘other works attributed to Bellotto’.
W.G. Constable, ed. J.G. Links, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1976, II, pp. 299 and 300, no. 233(b), as 'from a reproduction, probably by Canaletto'.
Fifty Paintings 1535-1825 to celebrate Ten Years of Collaboration between The Matthiesen Gallery, London and Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, London and New York, 1993, pp. 139-142, no. 33, illustrated.
J.G. Links, A Supplement to W.G. Constable’s Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, London, 1998, p. 24, no. 233 (b).
C. Beddington, Bernardo Bellotto and his Circle in Italy & A Masterpiece by Francesco Guardi, London, 2014, n.p., under no. 4.
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Cityscape, Veduta
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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