Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Francesco Tironi

Venice, A View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Bacino

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February 6, 08:57 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

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Francesco Tironi

Venice 1745 - 1797

Venice, A View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Bacino


oil on canvas

canvas: 21 ¾ by 28 ⅜ in.; 55.3 by 72.1 cm

framed: 28 ⅛ by 34 ⅞ in.; 71.5 by 88.5 cm

Anonymous sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 23 April 2024, lot 60 (as Italian School, 18th century, Circle of Canaletto, as one of a pair);

Where acquired by the present owner.

A comparable view by Francesco Tironi that likewise depicts the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, but with differences in the adjacent buildings and boats in the foreground, is in a private collection. Dario Succi dates that picture to circa 1780.1


Today, Tironi is known primarily as a draughtsman: documented works by the artist include a set of twenty-four engravings by Antonio Sandi (1733-1817), published in 1785.2 While in the past, Tironi has been credited with a number of Venetian view paintings, many of these were later given to the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (active Venice circa 1740–1770), or are now thought to have been executed by various anonymous hands. Extant accepted paintings by the artist are therefore rare, rendering the present work an exciting addition to the painter's œuvre.


We are grateful to Charles Beddington for suggesting the attribution to Tironi, based on digital images.


1 D. Succi, Francesco Tironi: ultimo vedutista del Settecento veneziano, Pordenone 2004, pp. 34, 38, reproduced fig. 16.

2 Succi 2004, pp. 5-18.