FRANCESCO GUARDI (1712–1793)
Venice: A Panoramic View of the Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio Maggiore, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over underdrawing in black chalk
Dimensions
46.9 x 80.0 cm;
18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.
Signed and dated
Inscribed "la forte" in brown ink, upside down, at the left of centre; the
buildings in the background identified with the letters "B" to "V", faintly inscribed in brown ink, partly erased
About the artwork
Venice: A Panoramic View of the Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio Maggiore, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute is an artwork by FRANCESCO GUARDI. The work is executed in Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over underdrawing in black chalk. Its recorded dimensions are 46.9 x 80.0 cm; 18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.. View the artwork and contact Colnaghi for further information.
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Provenance
With Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1947;
Private collection, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 July 2004, lots 87 (catalogued as Giacomo Guardi, but sold as Francesco Guardi following saleroom notices);
Private collection, Paris
With Jean-Luc Baroni, London, 2005;
From whom acquired by a private collector.
Private collection, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 July 2004, lots 87 (catalogued as Giacomo Guardi, but sold as Francesco Guardi following saleroom notices);
Private collection, Paris
With Jean-Luc Baroni, London, 2005;
From whom acquired by a private collector.
Literature
Succi, D. Guardi. Itinerario artistico. Catalogo dei dipinti e disegni inediti, 2021, pp. no. 426.
Exhibitions / Fairs
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages d’Italie, 1947, no. 201 ("L’Entrée du Grand Canal, à
Venise, vue du Palais des Doges"), as Antonio Guardi.
New York & London, Jean-Luc Baroni, An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, 10 May - 3 June 2005, no. 28.
New York & London, Jean-Luc Baroni, An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, 10 May - 3 June 2005, no. 28.
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