ID 791851
Lot 27 | GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
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.
Special notice
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) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Capriccio |
Place of origin: | Italy |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Canaletto (1697 - 1768) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Capriccio |
Place of origin: | Italy |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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