Lot 116
116
Property from the BROOKLYN MUSEUM sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Studio of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)

The Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni looking east, with the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Details
Studio of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni looking east, with the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
oil on canvas laid down on board
16 x 12 5/8in. (40.6 x 32cm.)
Provenance
A.A. Healy, by whom given to the Brooklyn Museum.

Lot Essay

The present work appears to be a studio version of the work sold at Christie's, London, June 11, 1971, lot 92 (13,000gns.) previously in the collection of Sir Abraham Hume, Ashridge Park (see W.G. Constable, Canaletto, 1962 (and subsequent editions), I, pl. 309; II, no. 309).