JOHAN RICHTER (STOCKHOLM 1665-1745 VENISE)

Lot 27
11.06.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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€ 60 000
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ID 1437195
Lot 27 | JOHAN RICHTER (STOCKHOLM 1665-1745 VENISE)
Valeur estimée
€ 60 000 – 80 000
JOHAN RICHTER (STOCKHOLM 1665-1745 VENISE)
Venise : Vue de San Giorgio Maggiore depuis l’église du Saint-Esprit ; Vue de la basilique del Redentore depuis le Zattere
huile sur toile, une paire
37,7 x 53,5 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/16 in.) ; 37,7 x 52,7 cm (14 7/8 x 20 ¾ in.)




Provenance

Chez Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, Londres, en 1954 (comme Johan Richter - selon le catalogue d'exposition de 1954, voir infra).
Sir David Scholey (né en 1935), Directeur de la Bank of England, président du conseil d'administration de la National Portrait Gallery, président et directeur général de S G Warburg, et sa femme, Lady Scholey, Heath End House, Hampstead ; leur vente, Dreweatts, Newbury, 27 mai 2021, lot 154 (comme suiveur de Johan Richter).
Chez Richard Green, Londres.
Collection particulière, Espagne.



Literature

'A Pictoral Grand Tour for Londoners: "Italy 1700-1800" - A Current Exhibition', The Illustrated London News, 16 janvier 1954, p. 96, reproduit en noir et blanc (seule la Vue de la basilique del Redentore depuis le Zattere y est reprise).



Exhibited

Londres, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, The Grand Tour. Italy 1700-1800, 12 janvier-6 février 1954, n°11 et 12 (comme Johan Richter).



Further details

JOHAN RICHTER (1665-1745), VENICE: VIEW OF SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE FROM THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; VIEW OF THE BASILICA DEL REDENTORE FROM THE ZATTERE, OIL ON CANVAS, A PAIR

The View of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Church of the Holy Spirit and the View of the Basilica del Redentore from the Zattere bear witness to the extreme sensitivity to the variations in light that Richter (1665-1745) managed to capture in his works. Born in Stockholm, a city of silver hues and cold grey tones, Richter left for Italy around 1710, finding himself in 1717 under a golden sun, which sparkled in the turquoise waters of Venice and played over the cream marble a pink brick facades her palaces. These colours came to define the palette of his work.

Views from the Church of the Holy Spirit, belonging to the parish of the Gesuati further along the Zattere, are quite rare. There are two other versions by Richter, one sold at Christie's (7 July 2006, lot 234, £96,000), and one listed in the Zeri archive. In the latter, there is a stream of light that comes from between the two buildings, showing that they are separated by a small calle (alleyway). Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) also chose to depict this same view three times towards the end of his career. These works are currently in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Barberini in Rome.

These two paintings will be included in the book on views of Venice currently being prepared by Prof. Dario Succi.
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