Francesco Guardi
Venice, A View of the Punta della Dogana and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute; Venice, A View of the Churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria della Salute
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May 21, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000,000 - 15,000,000 USD
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Francesco Guardi
Venice 1712 - 1793 Cannaregio
Venice, A View of the Punta della Dogana and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute;
Venice, A View of the Churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria della Salute
the latter signed lower center on barrel: F.G.
oil on canvas, a pair
each canvas: 21 ⅛ by 33 ⅞ in.; 53.7 by 86.0 cm
each framed: 28 ⅛ by 40 ⅝ in.; 71.4 by 103.2 cm
Acquired in Venice by Charles Benjamin Caldwell (1809-1896), New Grange, Slane, County Meath, Ireland, early 19th century;
Thence by inheritance to his nephew, Charles Henry Bulwer Caldwell (1863-1942), London;
By whom sold ("The Property of C.H.B. Caldwell, Esq., 3 Audley Square, W.1."), London, Sotheby's, 26 April 1939, lots 143, 146;
Where acquired by H.M. Lee & Sons, Kingston upon Thames, for £1,300 and £1,550, on behalf of Patricia ("Patsy") Rank (1897-1954) and James ("Jimmy") Voase Rank (1881-1952), Druid's Lodge, Wiltshire, and London;
Thence presumably sold by the former upon the death of the latter, between 1952 and 1954;
Count and Countesse Guy du Boisrouvray, Paris, by 1971;
Their estate sale, New York, Sotheby's, 27 October 1989, lot 71;
Where acquired by a private collector, Europe;
By whom sold ("Property of an European Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 2000, lot 83;
Where acquired by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III.
R. Bacu, M. Laclotte, A. de Leyritz, and P. Rosenberg, Venise au dix-huitième siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris 1971, pp. 82-83, cat. nos. 87-88, reproduced;
A. Morassi, Guardi: Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice 1973, vol. I, pp. 242, 244, 390, 401, 534, cat. nos. 421, 484, reproduced pl. 43; vol. II, reproduced figs. 444, 487;
L.R. Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan 1974, pp. 105, 107, cat. nos. 255, 293, the first reproduced fig. 255;
A. Morassi, Guardi: I Dipinti, Milan 1984, vol. I, pp. 242, 244, 390, 401, 534, cat. nos. 421, 484, reproduced pl. 43; vol. II, reproduced figs. 444, 487;
B.A. Kowalczyk, Canaletto - Guardi, les deux maîtres de Venise, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2012, pp. 130-133, 195-196, cat. nos. 29, 30, reproduced;
R. Evren, in With Observation and Imagination: Still Lifes, Genre Scenes, Portraits, and Landscapes from the Saunders Collection, exhibition catalogue, A.K. Wheelock, Jr. (ed.), New York 2021, pp. 140-148, 177-178, cat. nos. 34, 35, reproduced;
D. Succi, Guardi: Catalogo dei dipinti e disegni inediti, Azzano Decimo 2021, vol. II, p. 86, under cat. no. 114.
Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, Venise au dix-huitième siècle, 21 September - 29 November 1971, nos. 87-88 (lent by a private collector, Paris);
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Canaletto - Guardi, les deux maîtres de Venise, 14 September 2012 - 14 January 2013, nos. 29, 30;
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, 20 March 2023 - 30 January 2025, nos. 34, 35.