Attributed to Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
Attributed to Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)

Parrot tulips, roses and other flowers in an urn, flowers in a bowl with water spilling out and a bunch of flowers on a rocky bank

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Attributed to Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
Parrot tulips, roses and other flowers in an urn, flowers in a bowl with water spilling out and a bunch of flowers on a rocky bank
oil on canvas
30 x 43 in. (76.8 x 111.1 cm.)

Lot Essay

This picture is similar in style to a group of flower still lifes which Antonio Morassi included as by Francesco Guardi in his catalogue raisonn (Guardi, I dipinti, Venice, 1973, nos. 911-919). Giuseppe Pilo agreed with this attribution and published the still lifes in Francesco Guardi, I paliotti, Milan, 1983. Records are unclear about Guardi's still life production and thus the group has at times been assigned to a 'Pseudo-Guardi': alternative attributions have been suggested, including Francesco Duramano or Carlo Henric. However, Mitchell Merling, in a private communication (27 October 1997), believes that there is evidence that flower pieces were produced in the Guardi workshop, and that some of them were painted by Francesco himself.

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