ID 818773
Lot 111 | FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
Venice, the Piazzetta San Marco with the Festival of Giovedì Grasso
signed in monogram 'F.G.' (lower right, on one of the arches)
oil on canvas
11 1/2 x 21 in. (32 x 53.5 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, London.
with Hallsborough Gallery, London.
Senatore Mario Crespi (1879-1962), Milan.
Private collection, Switzerland, and from whom acquired by the following,
with Belle Arti, S.A, Geneva, until 1989,
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
A. Morassi, 'Circa gli esordi del vedutismo di Francesco Guardi con qualche cenno sui Marieschi', Studies in the History of Art dedicated to W.E. Suida, London, 1959, p. 358, fig. 13.
A. Morassi, Guardi: L 'opera completa di Antonio e Francesco Guardi, I, Venice, 1973, pp. 189, 362, no. 280; II, fig. 309.
L. Rossi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan, 1974, p. 97, no. 137, illustrated.
D. Succi, 'Una eccezionale veduta datata di Francesco Guardi', Guardi, metamorfosi dell'imagine, exhibition catalogue, 1987, pp. 42, 47, 55, note 3, fig. 19.
D. Succi, Francesco Guardi itinerario del avventura artistica, Milan, 1993, pp. 26-27, fig. 7.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 'Views of Venice', Canaletto and his Rivals, 20 February-30 May 2011, no. 52 (entry by C. Beddington).
| Artist: | Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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