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Artworks
FRANCESCO GUARDI
Venice: A Panoramic View of the Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio Maggiore, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della SalutePen and brown ink and brown wash, over underdrawing in black chalk46.9 x 80.0 cm;
18 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.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 erasedCopyright The ArtistProvenance
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.
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.Literature
Succi, D. Guardi. Itinerario artistico. Catalogo dei dipinti e disegni inediti, 2021, pp. no. 426.
