San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, seen from the Bacino

細節

Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793) and Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1835)
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, seen from the Bacino
with inscription 'Guardi' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, watermark crossbow above AN
11 x 17 in. (282 x 429 mm.)

來源

Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron de Grey, later 2nd Earl de Grey and 5th Baron Lucas (1781-1859), and by descent.

注意事項

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拍品專文

On Francesco Guardi's death in 1793 the contents of his studio passed to his youngest son Giacomo, who used it as a valuable resource for the remainder of his career. In addition to selling the finished works, Giacomo also seems to have completed several of his father's pen and brown ink views with grey wash, as in the present drawing. Another drawing of the same view by both artists is in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne (A. Morassi, Guardi, I disegni, Venice, 1973 (reprinted 1984), no. 350, fig. 354). A drawing of the view by Giacomo alone, which by contrast highlights the quality of the pen and ink drawing in the present work, is in the Correr Museum, Venice (A. Morassi, op. cit., fig. 632).