Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Francesco Guardi
Venice, a view of San Giorgio Maggiore with the Giudecca and the Zitelle
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Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Manner of Francesco Guardi
Venice, a view of San Giorgio Maggiore with the Giudecca and the Zitelle
oil on canvas, unlined
unframed: 55 x 71.8 cm.; 21⅝ x 28¼ in.
framed: 65.3 x 81.4 cm.; 25 6/8 x 32⅛ in.
With K. Dittrich, Brno;
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D473), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D473), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
Olomouc, Olomouc Museum of Art, 1993-2021, on loan.
L. Daniel, O. Pujmanová, M. Togner, M. Soukup (eds), Italian Painting of the 14th-18th Centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. I, Olomouc 1996, p. 88, no. 39, reproduced (as a copy dating to the 20th century).
This work is a later copy of the prime version by Francesco Guardi in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.1
1 See A. Morassi, Guardi: I Dipinti, Milan 1993, vol. I, p. 391, no. 427, reproduced.