Old Master Paintings

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Lot 131
  • 131

Manner of Francesco Guardi

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Description

  • Francesco Guardi
  • The Piazza San Marco looking towards San Geminiano; The Rialto Bridge with the Riva del Vin; Santa Maria della Salute; The Piazzetta looking towards San Giorgio Maggiore
  • a set of four, all oil on canvas

Provenance

Mrs. Webb, New York (from a label on the reverse);
Mrs. Floyd-Jones;
By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, June 12, 1968, lot 54, there purchased by
Azad B. Karabagui, New York;
By whose Estate sold, New York, Sotheby's, March 27, 1987, lot 111;
With Stephen Mazoh, New York;
From whom purchased by the present collector.

Catalogue Note

The present four paintings appear to be 20th Century versions loosely based on works by Guardi (see  A. Morassi, Guardi, Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice , cat. nos. 347, 367, 475 & 530, figs. 373, 393, 478 & 513 respectively).