FRANCESCO GUARDI
Venice: The Piazzetta, Doge’s Palace, Molo and the Riva degli Schiavoni, seen from the Bacino di San Marco
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over an underdrawing in black chalk, backed.
Inscribed la forte in brown ink, upside down, at the left of centre. The buildings in the
background identified with the letters B to V, faintly inscribed in brown ink, partly erased.
Inscribed la forte in brown ink, upside down, at the left of centre. The buildings in the
background identified with the letters B to V, faintly inscribed in brown ink, partly erased.
469 x 800 mm. (18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
715 x 1003 x 5 mm. (framed)
715 x 1003 x 5 mm. (framed)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 July 2004, lots 87 and 87A (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, UK.
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, nos. 28 and 29.