Francesco Guardi Venice 1712-1793

A capriccio with a ruined arch and a villa beyond, figures in the foreground

Details

Francesco Guardi Venice 1712-1793
A capriccio with a ruined arch and a villa beyond, figures in the foreground
oil on canvas
12 x 19 7/8 in. 30.5 x 50.5 cm.

Provenance

with Knoedler Galleries, New York.
Ernest Hamill, Asheville
Judith Hamill, Asheville.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1997, lot 172, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

A. Morassi, Guardi: i dipinti, Venice, 1984, I, p. 492, no. 987; II, fig. 870.

Exhibited

Springfield, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Francesco Guardi, 1937, no. 10.
North Carolina, The Ackland Art Museum, on loan, 25 September 1977-24 September 1992.
North Carolina, The Ackland Art Museum, Classical Subjects and Styles: The Abundant Tradition, 29 June-2 September 1984.
North Carolina, The Ackland Art Museum, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures in Collection, 15 May-6 September 1987.

Lot Essay

Antonio Morassi dates the present capriccio to between 1760 and 1770 on the basis of its unusually bold palette and lively brushwork. He notes that it is part of a series of four works (together with nos. 854, 863 and 980). All four were at one time with Knoedler Galleries in New York. A preparatory study for this painting is in the Museo Correr, Venice (see R. Palluchini, I disegni del Guardi al Museo Correr di Venezia, 1943, p. 56, no. 138).

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