Giacomo Guardi

A. Lehmann collection, Paris;
His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 8 June 1925, lot 207 to Schoeller;
With Leonard Koetser, London.

London, Leonard Koetser Gallery, Autumn, 1963;
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Local heritage: an exhibition of works of art from private collections in the area, 17 April - 17 May 1970, no. 27.

A. Morassi, Guardi. I dipinti, Venice 1993, vol. II, fig. 922 (as by Giacomo Guardi).

The catatalogue illustration is representative. The canvas has a tight old relining which does not appear to have had a negative impact on the paint surface which is dirty but secure. The brushstrokes in the sky can be made out and the impasto is still in quite good condition. Some discoloured retouchings can be made out in the sky. Inspection under UV light reveals some further strengthenings in the darker tones in the foreground, for example in the boat lower right, and some retouchings in the buildings, but confirms the quite good overall condition. Offered in a carved wooden frame in good condition.
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We are grateful to Charles Beddington for confirming the attribution to Giacomo Guardi on the basis of photograph.