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

An architectural capriccio with figures by ruins

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Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
An architectural capriccio with figures by ruins
oil on panel, oval
10 ¾ x 8 5/8 in. (27.5 x 21.8 cm.)
with inventory number 'B. 35' (on the reverse)
來源
with Derek Johns, London, where acquired by the following,
Property from the Estate of Giancarlo Baroni; Sotheby’s, London, 29 January 2013 (=1st day), lot 17.
展覽
New York, Jean-Luc Baroni, Master Paintings and Sculpture, 16 January-31 February 2003, no. 15a (loaned by Giancarlo Baroni).
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拍品專文

This charming capriccio is highly characteristic of Guardi’s work in the genre. Executed with sparkling detail on a small scale, it was likely made for a domestic Venetian audience, as with many capricci. The composition can be compared to a larger work on canvas, of rectangular format, in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, dated to the 1770s, where the arch and figures are similarly positioned. Our picture, however, is finished with greater precision, the light intelligently playing across the architecture. The pleasing device of showing the dome through the arch gives the composition depth and perspective. This, and the Lisbon picture, can be grouped together with a series of architectural capricci that show classical ruins set in landscapes, all of varying sizes and formats (see A. Morassi, Guardi. I dipinti, I, nos. 705-753). Occasionally they are integrated into coastal landscapes, and almost always have figures tending the land in the foreground, as in this fine example.

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