The Rialto Bridge, Venice

Details

GIACOMO GUARDI (VENICE 1764-1835)
The Rialto Bridge, Venice
signed and inscribed ‘Veduta del ponte di Rialto/ all’Ospedaletto in SS. Giov. e Paolo N. 5245/ Giacomo de Guardi’ (verso)
watercolor and bodycolor, watermark coat of arms
5 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (13.5 x 24.7 cm.)

Provenance

Lydia D. Mann; Sotheby’s, New York, 27 January 1999, lot 109.
‌Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The Rialto Bridge in Venice was one of Giacomo Guardi’s preferred subjects, and a favorite of his clients. Several versions of the composition exist, among these is a sheet closely comparable to the present one in the Morgan Library and Museum in New York (inv. 1996.32). At the center of this view is the Rialto Bridge and on the left side the Riva del Vin, the area of the city where wine trading took place.

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