Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1825)

Six views of islands in the Venetian Lagoon: San Clemente; Santo Spirito; Beata Vergine del Rosario; The Lido with Sant'Andrea; Murano with San Cristoforo; and San Pietro in Castello

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Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1825)
Six views of islands in the Venetian Lagoon: San Clemente; Santo Spirito; Beata Vergine del Rosario; The Lido with Sant'Andrea; Murano with San Cristoforo; and San Pietro in Castello
each drawing signed 'Giacomo de [Guardi]' (versi) and inscribed on the versi 'Dell Giuno di S. Clemente' (1), 'Di S. Spirito' (2), 'Della B.V. del Rosario' (3), 'Del Capello di S. Andrea del Lido' (4), 'Di S. Cristoforo di Murano' (5), and 'Di S. Pietro di Castello' (6)
pen and brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white (6)
each 7¾ x 4¾ in. (197 x 121 mm.) (6)

Lot Essay

Another set of drawings of the Venetian islands, formerly part of an album by Giacomo Guardi constituting a complete panorama of Venice, was in the collection of Paul Wallraf (A. Morassi, Disegni Veneti del Settecento nella collezione Paul Wallraf, exhib. cat., Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 1959, nos. 25-40). The compositions of several of the Wallraf drawings correspond to those of the present sheets.
Small paintings by Giacomo of the third and fifth compositions were formerly in a private collection in Crema.

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