Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
Property from a European noble family
Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)

An architectural capriccio with figures conversing

Details
Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
An architectural capriccio with figures conversing
oil on panel
4 ½ x 5 7/8 in. (11.2 x 14.9 cm.)
Provenance
Procovio collection, Milan
A. Bolchini-Bonomi collection, Milan.
Literature
A. Morassi, Guardi: L'opera completa di Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice, 1973, I, p. 451, no. 759; II, fig. 701.

Lot Essay

In his catalogue raisonné on the artist, Antonio Morassi has described this picture as notable for the intensity of the near crepuscular light. This composition repeats with variations the painting in a private collection in Paris (Morassi, op. cit., no. 758, ill.).

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