Lot 36
  • 36

Franz Richard Unterberger

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Franz Richard Unterberger
  • Rio dei Ognissanti with Santa Maria del Rosario, Venice
  • signed F R Unterberger lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 78.5 by 119.5cm., 31 by 47in.

Provenance

Private collection, New Jersey (sale: Shannon's, Milford, 24 October 2012, lot 60)
Purchased at the above sale

Condition

The canvas has been lined and is securely attached to a keyed wooden stretcher. There is a pattern of hairline craquelure throughout. However, this is not distracting and is only visible upon close inspection. Inspection under ultra-violet light shows scattered spots and lines of retouchings, including: - a circa 10cm vertical stroke in the sky in the upper left quadrant, possibly addressing an old repair; - areas of retouching in the sky in the upper right corner; - intermittent strokes along the lower framing edge. Other very small spots and lines of retouching are also visible. Otherwise, this painting presents well and appears to be in good and stable condition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

Son of an art dealer, Franz-Richard Unterberger studied painting in Munich in the 1850s, and then moved to Düsseldorf in the 1860s where he focused on mountain landscapes. He is best-known for his spectacular views of Venice, Amalfi and Naples, of which this is a particularly impressive example. Painted from the Rio dei Ognissanti looking north west, facing the Ponte Trevisan with the church of Santa Maria del Rosario in the background, the present work is a beautiful example of Unterberger’s oeuvre and of his lively depictions of nineteenth-century Venice. Whilst his keen eye for architectural elements is reminiscent of Italian vedutismo, this animate scene rendered with quick gestural brushstrokes is typical of the artist’s more romantic approach to the genre.