ID 1344930
Lot 172 | FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
A capriccio of a rustic tower beside a lake, with mountains beyond
oil on panel
7 ¾ x 9 7/8 in. (19.6 x 25 cm.)
Provenance
Federico Gentili Di Giuseppe (1868-1940), Paris; his sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, 5 April 1938, lot 33.
Anonymous sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 25 March 1969, lot 233.
with Leo Veneziani, Rome, 1970.
Private collection, Italy, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J. Byam Shaw, The Drawings of Francesco Guardi, London, 1958, p. 78, under no. 72.
A. Morassi, Guardi: I dipinti, Venice, 1985, 2nd ed., I, p. 464, no. 830; II, fig. 756.
D. Succi, Francesco Guardi, II, Catalogo dei dipinti e disegni inediti, Milan, 2021, pp. 226-7, under no. 316.
| Artist: | Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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