The Grand Canal from Santa Maria della Carita , looking towards the Bacino di San Marco with the Bucintoro in the distance
Details
School of William James (active 1754-1771)
The Grand Canal from Santa Maria della Carita , looking towards the Bacino di San Marco with the Bucintoro in the distance
oil on canvas
30 x 50in. (76 x 127cm.)
The Grand Canal from Santa Maria della Carita , looking towards the Bacino di San Marco with the Bucintoro in the distance
oil on canvas
30 x 50in. (76 x 127cm.)
Provenance
Lady Sybil Grant, London; Christie's, London, Dec. 17, 1928, lot 166 as Canaletto together with a companion piece, a View of the Riva degli Schiavone (190gns. to Leger).
with Leger Galleries, London.
with John Levy Galleries, New York.
with Knoedler's, London, 1931 as Bellotto.
Harold E. Talbot, New York.
with Knoedler's, New York.
with Leger Galleries, London.
with John Levy Galleries, New York.
with Knoedler's, London, 1931 as Bellotto.
Harold E. Talbot, New York.
with Knoedler's, New York.
Literature
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto, 1972, II, p. 428, under attributed works, no. Z156.
The Frances and John L. Loeb Collection, 1982, no. 4 as Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto.
W.G. Constable, Canaletto, 2nd ed. revised by J.G. Links, 1989, II, p. 246, under no. 122h, and p. 283, under no. 197e (confused with another painting) as School of Canaletto.
The Frances and John L. Loeb Collection, 1982, no. 4 as Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto.
W.G. Constable, Canaletto, 2nd ed. revised by J.G. Links, 1989, II, p. 246, under no. 122h, and p. 283, under no. 197e (confused with another painting) as School of Canaletto.
Exhibited
New York, The Harvard Club, Great Treasures from Private Collections of the Harvard Family, Jan.-Feb., 1965.