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* Francesco Guardi Venice 1712 - 1793
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Description
- Francesco Guardi
- View of the Island of San Michele near Murano, Venice;View of the Island of San Giorgio in Alga, Venice
- a pair, both oil on canvas, laid down on panel
Provenance
Monsieur G. de Giuseppe Sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, April 5, 1938, lot 35 and 36;
Mrs. Albert King, Paris (the grandmother of the present owner);
Thence by descent in the family.
Mrs. Albert King, Paris (the grandmother of the present owner);
Thence by descent in the family.
Catalogue Note
The Island of San Michele, with its beautiful domed church designed by Mauro Codussi, has been depicted several times by the artist (see A. Morassi, Guardi, I dipinti, Venice, 1973, cat. 650 and 651, figs. 610 and 611).
Another point of view of the Island San Giorgio in Alga is to be found in the picture describing the Incontro di Pio VI con il Doge sull’isola di S.Giorgio in Alga, collection Rossello, Milan (op.cit. cat. 262, figs. 291).