A convent by a river in the Veneto

Details

Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)
A convent by a river in the Veneto
inscribed 'idea' on the lower margin
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash
204 x 304 mm.

Provenance

Fauchier-Magnan.

Literature

W.G. Constable and J.G. Links, Canaletto, Oxford, 1976, p. 557, no. 704.
W.G. Constable and J.G. Links, Canaletto, Oxford, 1989, no. 704.

Exhibited

Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Art Vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, 1978.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Dessins Vénitiens du XVIIIème siècle, 1983, no. 90.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note the following additional provenance:
P.-J. Mariette (L. 1852).

Lot Essay

It is suggested in the Geneva catalogue that the drawing may date from the period of Canaletto's Paduan views around 1742. A. Corboz by contrast dates the drawing to 1755, in Art Vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, p. 182, under no. 162.
Another version of the drawing is in the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Constable and Links, op. cit.. The only difference in the composition of the present drawing is the absence of a carved shield in the entablature of the door and of one of the mooring posts. Another version with many more differences was sold at Sotheby's, 2 July 1958, lot 11.

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