Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)

Study of 'Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana' after Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)

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Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Study of 'Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana' after Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Grand Canal, Venice.' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour
9 x 12½ in. (22.9 x 31.7 cm.)

Provenance

with Leger Galleries, London, May 1965.

Exhibited

London, Leighton House, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1971, no. 5.
London, Leger Galleries, 1981, no. 4.
London, Chris Beetles, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906): Exhibition of Watercolours and Pastels, 12 November-18 December 1982, no. 129.

Lot Essay

The present watercolour is a 'souvenir' after Guardi. The original painting is in the Wallace Collection, London, and was executed in the early 1770s. Brabazon executed a number of versions of this view, one of which was sold in these Rooms, 26 October 1982, lot 156.
For a note on Santa Maria della Salute, see lot 70.

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