A Capriccio of a ruined Temple by a Bridge, fishermen in the foreground, the Venetian Lagoon beyond

Details

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)
A Capriccio of a ruined Temple by a Bridge, fishermen in the foreground, the Venetian Lagoon beyond
oil on panel
7¾ x 6in. (19.7 x 15.2cm.)

Provenance

Mr. Annoot of Bond Street, London; Christie's, 6 April 1867, lot 62 (£8 to Anthony).
Malcolm Orme, Upper Belgrave Street, London; (+) Christie's, 7 May 1887, lot 8 (40gns. to Colnaghi).

Lot Essay

Variants, also on panel and of similar size, are in the Museo Cagnola at Gazzada and in a Venetian private collection (see A. Morassi, Guardi, Venice, 1973, I, p. 471, nos. 866-7; II, figs. 785-6, and, for the latter, also the catalogue of the exhibition Francesco Guardi: Vedute Capricci Feste, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 28 Aug.-21 Nov. 1993, pp. 148-9, no. 50, illustrated in colour).

For the Mildmay Collection, see the note before lot 19.

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