FRANCESCO GUARDI
Venice A Panoramic View of the Bacino di San Marco with the Doge’s Palace, Molo and the Riva degli Schiavoni
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over underdrawing in black chalk
46.9 x 80.0 cm;
(18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.
(18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.
Provenance
With Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1947;Private collection, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 July 2004, lots 87 (catalogued as Giacomo Guardi, but sold as Francesco Guardi following saleroom notices);
Private collection, Paris
With Jean-Luc Baroni, London, 2005;
From whom acquired by a private collector;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 2017, lot 36 (as Francesco Guardi; unsold).
Exhibitions
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paysages d’Italie, 1947, no. 201 ("L’Entrée du Grand Canal, à Venise, vue du Palais des Doges"), as Antonio Guardi.New York & London, Jean-Luc Baroni, An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, 10 May - 3 June 2005, no. 28.