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Francesco Guardi Venice 1712 - 1793
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Description
- Francesco Guardi
- Capriccio with Ruins
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Krupp;
V. Wahlin, Stockholm.
V. Wahlin, Stockholm.
Exhibited
Stockholm, 1944;
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Konstens Venedig, October 20, 1962-February 10, 1963, no. 160.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Konstens Venedig, October 20, 1962-February 10, 1963, no. 160.
Literature
A. Morassi, Antonio and Francesco Guardi, Venice 1973, vol. I, pp. 443-4, cat. no. 714, reproduced vol. II, fig. 674;
L. R. Bortolatto, L'Opera Completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan 1974, p. 120, cat. no. 510, reproduced p. 118.
A. Morassi, Guardi, I Dipinti, Venice 1984, vol. I, p. 443-4, cat. no. 714, reproduced vol. II, fig. 674.
L. R. Bortolatto, L'Opera Completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan 1974, p. 120, cat. no. 510, reproduced p. 118.
A. Morassi, Guardi, I Dipinti, Venice 1984, vol. I, p. 443-4, cat. no. 714, reproduced vol. II, fig. 674.
Catalogue Note
Morassi (see Literature below) describes this work as a "Piccolo capolavaro di freschezza, dell'epoca matura" (a small masterpiece done with vitality of the mature period).