Michele Marieschi (Venice 1710-1743)

Capricci of the Venetian Lagoon, with boatmen and peasants

Details

Michele Marieschi (Venice 1710-1743)
Capricci of the Venetian Lagoon, with boatmen and peasants
oil on canvas
14 x 22.1/8 in. (37.3 x 56.2 cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

Percy R. Payne, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 January 1940, lot 241.
with Knoedler & Co.

Literature

R. Toledano, Michele Marieschi, Milan, 1988, p. 153, no. C45, and p. 157, no. C51, illustrated and second edition, Milan, 1995, p. 183, no. C46 and C47.

Exhibited

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Venise au XVIIIe sicle, 1971, nos. 120 and 121.

Lot Essay

Toledano (loc. cit., 1988) dates these pictures to the early 1730s. We are grateful to Dr. Dario Succi for confirming the attribution (written communication, 3 May 1999). He dates the pictures to circa 1734-1735, and suggests that they show the influence of the work of Gaspare Diziani.

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