PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LORE AND RUDOLF HEINEMANN SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY, NEW YORK AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)

Capricci of Churches on Squares by the Venetian Lagoon with Gentlefolk

Details

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)
Capricci of Churches on Squares by the Venetian Lagoon with Gentlefolk
oil on panel
5¼ x 4 1/8in. (13.3 x 10.5cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 14 June 1968.

Literature

A. Morassi, Guardi, Venice, 1973, I, p. 454, no. 773; II, figs. 704-5.
L. Rossi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan, 1974, nos. 675-6, both illustrated.
A. Morassi, Guardi. Tutti i disegni, Venice, 1975, p. 171, under no. 531.

Lot Essay

A drawing similar in composition to the second picture, but including a high wall on the right, is in the Museo Correr, Venice (Morassi, op. cit., 1975, no. 531, fig. 518); the drawing is very close in size to the painting.

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