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The Property of a Gentleman

Francesco Guardi

Capriccio landscape with ruined buildings and figures in the foreground

Lot Closed

December 9, 04:28 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

Francesco Guardi

Venice 1712 - 1793

Capriccio landscape with ruined buildings and figures in the foreground


oil on panel

unframed: 17 x 23.5 cm.; 6⅝ x 9¼ in.

framed: 25.6 x 29.7 cm.; 10⅛ x 11¾ in.

Eugénie de Montijo, The Empress of the French (1826-1920);
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940);
With Knoedler Gallery, New York;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentlemen'), London, Christie’s, 5 July 1996, lot 58.
A. Morassi, Francesco Guardi. I dipinti, Venice 1973, vol. I, pp. 467-68, no. 848, reproduced vol. II, fig. 772;
A. Morassi, Francesco Guardi. I disegni, Venice 1975, vol. I, p. 181, under no. 593.