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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1722-1780 WARSAW)
Venice, the Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca
Details
BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1722-1780 WARSAW)
Venice, the Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca
oil on canvas
47 ¾ x 86 1⁄8 in. (121.3 x 218.5 cm.)
Venice, the Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca
oil on canvas
47 ¾ x 86 1⁄8 in. (121.3 x 218.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Arthur Ingram Aston, G.C.B. (1798-1859), Aston Hall, near Frodsham, Cheshire; his sale (†), Messrs. Churton, on the premises, 6 August 1862, lot 24, as ‘Canaletto – View on the Grand Canal, Venice, 3ft. 11in. by 7ft.’ (300 gns.).
Thomas William Capron (b. 1818), Richmond, Surrey; his sale, Christie’s, London, 21 January 1888, lot 31, as ‘Canaletti – A Grand View of Venice. From Sir Arthur Aston’s Collection, Madrid’ (111 gns. to Smith).
Sir Hugo Gerald de Bathe, 5th Bt. (1871-1940); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1931, lot 62, as ‘Canaletto – Venice, View of the Canale di San Marco with the Doge’s Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni in the distance and the Punta della Salute on the left; the Isola di San Giorgio on the right; numerous gondolas and other vessels on the water, effect of early morning light, 47 by 84 in’.
with J. Leger & Son, London, by 1931, as 'Bernardo Bellotto'.
with Vicars Brothers, London, from whom acquired in 1935 by,
The Hon. Clive Pearson (1887-1965), and thence by descent at Parham House, from whom acquired privately through Angela Nevill by the present owner in 2014.
Thomas William Capron (b. 1818), Richmond, Surrey; his sale, Christie’s, London, 21 January 1888, lot 31, as ‘Canaletti – A Grand View of Venice. From Sir Arthur Aston’s Collection, Madrid’ (111 gns. to Smith).
Sir Hugo Gerald de Bathe, 5th Bt. (1871-1940); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1931, lot 62, as ‘Canaletto – Venice, View of the Canale di San Marco with the Doge’s Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni in the distance and the Punta della Salute on the left; the Isola di San Giorgio on the right; numerous gondolas and other vessels on the water, effect of early morning light, 47 by 84 in’.
with J. Leger & Son, London, by 1931, as 'Bernardo Bellotto'.
with Vicars Brothers, London, from whom acquired in 1935 by,
The Hon. Clive Pearson (1887-1965), and thence by descent at Parham House, from whom acquired privately through Angela Nevill by the present owner in 2014.
Literature
Parham Park: Illustrated List of Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings, privately published, p. 14, no. 162.
C. Hussey, 'Parham Park, Sussex - III', Country Life, 15 June 1951, p. 1888, fig. 10.
The Burlington Magazine, LIX, no. 342, September 1931, p. V.
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto: genannt Canaletto, II, Recklinghausen, 1972, pp. 416-7, no. Z106, illustrated, as 'neither Canaletto nor Bellotto'.
P.A. Tritton, Parham: Pulborough, West Sussex, Derby, 1982, p. 3, illustrated.
J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Pictures, I, London, 1985, p. 229, under no. P499, as 'attributed to Bellotto'.
V. Tritton and D. Coombs, Parham Park. Home of Mrs. P.A. Tritton, privately published, 1989, p. 3, illustrated.
B.A. Kowalczyk, Splendori del Settecento Veneziano, exhibition catalogue, Venice, 1995, p. 443, under no. 162.
B.A. Kowalczyk, 'Il Bellotto veneziano: "grande intendimento ricercasi"', Arte Veneta, XLVIII, 1996, pp. 78-80, fig. 10, as 'Bernardo Bellotto (?)'.
B.A. Kowalczyk, Il Bellotto italiano, unpublished PhD dissertation, Università degli Studi di Venezia, 1996, no. 1, illustrated, and under no. 9.
L. Packer and C. Beddington, Canaletto and Guardi: Views of Venice at the Wallace Collection, London, 2025, p. 65.
C. Hussey, 'Parham Park, Sussex - III', Country Life, 15 June 1951, p. 1888, fig. 10.
The Burlington Magazine, LIX, no. 342, September 1931, p. V.
S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto: genannt Canaletto, II, Recklinghausen, 1972, pp. 416-7, no. Z106, illustrated, as 'neither Canaletto nor Bellotto'.
P.A. Tritton, Parham: Pulborough, West Sussex, Derby, 1982, p. 3, illustrated.
J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Pictures, I, London, 1985, p. 229, under no. P499, as 'attributed to Bellotto'.
V. Tritton and D. Coombs, Parham Park. Home of Mrs. P.A. Tritton, privately published, 1989, p. 3, illustrated.
B.A. Kowalczyk, Splendori del Settecento Veneziano, exhibition catalogue, Venice, 1995, p. 443, under no. 162.
B.A. Kowalczyk, 'Il Bellotto veneziano: "grande intendimento ricercasi"', Arte Veneta, XLVIII, 1996, pp. 78-80, fig. 10, as 'Bernardo Bellotto (?)'.
B.A. Kowalczyk, Il Bellotto italiano, unpublished PhD dissertation, Università degli Studi di Venezia, 1996, no. 1, illustrated, and under no. 9.
L. Packer and C. Beddington, Canaletto and Guardi: Views of Venice at the Wallace Collection, London, 2025, p. 65.
Exhibited
London, Charles Beddington Ltd., Bernardo Bellotto and his circle in Italy and a masterpiece by Francesco Guardi, 2014, no. 2, illustrated with a colour detail as the frontispiece (lent by an English private collection; catalogue by C. Beddington).
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Maja Markovic
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