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Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)
Details
Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Grand Canal, Venice, looking East from the Campo S. Vio
18½ x 30 7/8in. (47 x 78.5cm.)
The Grand Canal, Venice, looking East from the Campo S. Vio
18½ x 30 7/8in. (47 x 78.5cm.)
Provenance
Thought to have been executed for George Proctor when in Venice 1738-40; in 1742 he acquired Langley Park, Norfolk, where the present picture remained until 1946, passing by inheritance through his nephew Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor to Sir Christopher R. P. Beauchamp, Bt.; Christie's, 25 March 1977, lot 74 ((110,000)
Literature
Pictures and Sculptures at Langley Hall, Norfolk, unpublished manuscript catalogue, 1815, North Eating Room no. 3
J. P. Neale, Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 1820, III
W. G. Constable, Canaletto, Oxford, 1962, II, no. 190; in subsequent editions also I, pl. 197
L. Puppi, L'opera completa del Canaletto, Milan, 1968, no. 112C
J. G. Links, Canaletto. The Complete Paintings, St. Albans, 1981, p. 24, under no. 56
A. Corboz, Canaletto. Una Venezia immaginaria, Milan, 1985, II, pp. 632-3, no. P 231, illustrated
J. P. Neale, Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 1820, III
W. G. Constable, Canaletto, Oxford, 1962, II, no. 190; in subsequent editions also I, pl. 197
L. Puppi, L'opera completa del Canaletto, Milan, 1968, no. 112C
J. G. Links, Canaletto. The Complete Paintings, St. Albans, 1981, p. 24, under no. 56
A. Corboz, Canaletto. Una Venezia immaginaria, Milan, 1985, II, pp. 632-3, no. P 231, illustrated
Exhibited
London, Agnew's, European Pictures from an English County, 28 June-27 July 1957, no. 34, illustrated
Norwich, Castle Museum, on loan 1962-1975
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Venedig. Malerei des 18. Jahrhunderts, 24 July-1 Nov. 1987, no. 31, illustrated in colour
Norwich, Castle Museum, on loan 1962-1975
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Venedig. Malerei des 18. Jahrhunderts, 24 July-1 Nov. 1987, no. 31, illustrated in colour