Circle of Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)

After the original in the museum at Grenoble (Morassi, loc. cit.) which forms part of a series of twelve paintings known as 'Le Solennita Dogali' (ibid., I, pp. 354-7; II, figs. 268-84). The series is based on engravings by Giovanni Battista Brustoloni (inscribed 'Antonius Canal pinxit/J.Bap Brustolon inc.'), and as no paintings by Canaletto correspond to this subject, the series is most likely based upon drawings by that artist (see W.G. Constable, ed. J.G. Links, Canaletto, 1989, II, pp. 525ff.). The engravings by Brustoloni were published in 1776 and record the coronation of Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo in 1763. For a further discussion of the series by Guardi, see Morassi, ibid., I, pp. 175ff.