ID 1343996
Lot 23 | MICHELE MARIESCHI (VENICE 1710-1743)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 800 000
Venice, a stonemason's yard on the Grand Canal, with a view of the Palazzo Ca' Tron, the Palazzo Belloni Battagia, the Fondaco del Megio and the Fondaco dei Turchi; and Venice, the Doge's Palace with the Campanile, the Libreria and Santa Maria della Salute beyond
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 28 3/8 in. (54.9 x 72 cm.)(2)
in contemporary carved English frames
a pair
Provenance
Sir John Brownlow, Bt., 1st Viscount Tyrconnel (1690-1754), Arlington Street, St. James's, London, by 1738, by whom bequeathed to his sister,
Anne Brownlow, Lady Cust (1694-1779), widow of Sir Richard Cust, by whom removed to Belton House, Lincolnshire, and by descent there through her grandson, Sir Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow (1744-1807), to,
Sir Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 15 April 2008, lot 54, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
The Goods belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Tyrconnel in his Lordship's House in Arlington Street, St. James's, London, taken the 22nd and folowing days in May 1738, ms. in the Belton Archives, Lincolnshire record office.
Inventory of Pictures of the Right Hon Viscount Tyrconnel, deceased, taken in Arlington Street, St. James's, 2nd day of April 1754, ms., '2 views of Venice by Marieski & Chenerole' in the Dining Room'.
Mr. Patch's Account of the pictures at Belton, ms., 1779 or shortly after, among four pictures described as 'Canaletti - A View in Venice'.
The Hon. Elizabeth Cust, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Belton House, ms., c. 1805-6, nos. 19-20, described as 'Canaletti - View of Venice: companion to the Former', in the Small Dining Room.
Lady Elizabeth Cust, Records of the Cust Family, II, The Brownlows of Belton, London, 1909, p. 232 (transcript of the 1754 inventory).
F. Russell, 'The Picture Collection at Belton', in the catalogue of Christie's Belton House Sale, 30 April-2 May 1984, p. 162.
R. Toledano, Michele Marieschi. L'opera completa, Milan, 1988, p. 70, no. V.5.1, illustrated.
M. Manzelli, Michele Marieschi e il suo alter-ego Franceso Albotto, Venice, 1991, p. 88, no. A.42.6.
R. Toledano, Michele Marieschi: Catalogo ragionato, 2nd ed., Milan, 1995, pp. 58-59, no. V.5b, illustrated.
F. Montecuccoli degli Erri and F. Pedrocco, Michele Marieschi: La vita, l'ambiente, l'opera, Milan, 1999, pp. 248-9 and 251, no. 29.
Artist: | Michele Marieski (1710 - 1743) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Mannerism, Old Masters |
Genre: | Cityscape, Marine art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Michele Marieski (1710 - 1743) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Mannerism, Old Masters |
Genre: | Cityscape, Marine art |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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