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GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)

Lot 27
07.07.2022 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 791851
Lot 27 | GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)

A Venetian Capriccio with an oval church by the Lagoon

oil on canvas

23 1⁄8 x 36 3⁄4 in. (58.7 x 90.8 cm.)





Provenance

Mary, Lady Carbery (1867-1949), Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland; Christie’s, London, 4 March 1921, lot 5, as 'B. Bellotto' (40 gns. to F. Sabin).

with Böhler, Lucerne and Baden Baden, 1932, from whom acquired by the following,

Thomas Harris, London, 1936.

Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Bt. (1894-1972), Knightshayes, Devon.

with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, from whom acquired by the following,

with Knoedler, New York, 7 August 1953, from whom acquired by the following,

Caroline Ryan Foulke (1910-1987), New York, May 1958, from whom acquired by the following,

with Knoedler, New York, September 1959, from whom acquired by the following,

Henry Fonda (1905-1982), New York, January 1960, and by descent to the following,

Baroness Franchetti Fonda (b. 1931); Sotheby’s, London, 30 June 1965, lot 95 (£8,000 to Stein).

with Dr. Fritz Nathan and Dr. Peter Nathan, Zurich (according to a label on the reverse).

Private collection, Paris, 1966 (according to Fondazione Zeri, online catalogue).

with Arthur Tooth, London (according to a label on the reverse).

with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, from whom acquired by the family of the present owner.



Literature

W.G. Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1st edition, Oxford, 1962, I, pl. 90; II, p. 419, no. 489;

2nd edition, revised by J.G. Links, Oxford, 1976, I, pl. 90; II, p. 454, no. 489;

3rd edition, Oxford, 1989, II, p. 454, no. 459.

S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto, London, 1972, II, p. 487, no. Z-395, as 'Bernardo Bellotto'.

P. Steadman, 'Canaletto's Camera', in the exhibition catalogue Hockney's Eye, The Art and Technology of Depiction, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 2022, pp. 108-9, fig. 95.



Exhibited

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, 1955.



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Genre:Capriccio
Place of origin:Italy
Auction house category:Paintings
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