Lot Essay
The present picture is a 'school version' of the original by Canaletto in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey.
.jpg?w=1)
The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking west from south of the central line
Details
English School, 19th Century, after Canaletto
The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking west from south of the central line
oil on canvas
28¾ x 44¾ in. (73 x 113.7 cm.)
The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking west from south of the central line
oil on canvas
28¾ x 44¾ in. (73 x 113.7 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection.
Anonymous sale; American Art Association, New York, 14-15 January 1920, lot 166 (to Ehrich Galleries, New York).
Samuel Seabury, New York.
Anonymous sale; American Art Association, New York, 14-15 January 1920, lot 166 (to Ehrich Galleries, New York).
Samuel Seabury, New York.
Literature
W. G. Constable, Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1989, II, p. 197, under no. 27, as 'a school version.'