The Property of a Gentleman
Francesco Guardi
Venice, a view of the Piazza San Marco looking east towards the Basilica
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Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 GBP
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The Property of a Gentleman
Francesco Guardi
Venice 1712–1793 Cannaregio
Venice, a view of the Piazza San Marco looking east towards the Basilica
oil on panel
unframed: 26 x 43 cm.; 10¼ x 17 in.
framed: 42.1 x 59.4 cm.; 16⅝ x 23⅜ in.
Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago;
Broglio collection, Paris;
Count Guy de Jacquelot du Boisrouvray (1903–1980) and his wife, Countess Luz Mila Patiño Rodríguez (1906–1958);
Thence by descent to their daughter, Albina du Boisrouvray (b. 1939);
Her sale ('The Collection of the late Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray'), New York, Sotheby's, 27 October 1989, lot 73, for $418,000 (incorrectly catalogued as oil on canvas);
Private collection, Switzerland;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 7 December 2011, lot 33, for £457,250;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, on loan by 1932.
A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, Chicago 1932, p. 181;
A. Morassi, Guardi: Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice 1973, vol. I, p. 373, no. 329, reproduced vol. II, fig. 360;
A. Morassi, Guardi: I dipinti, Venice 1993, vol. I, p. 373, no. 329, reproduced vol. II, fig. 360;
L. Rossi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi, Milan 1974, p. 93, no. 84, reproduced p. 94;
D. Succi, Francesco Guardi. Itinerario dell'avventura artistica, Milan 1993, p. 189, reproduced p. 181, fig. 197 (as Giacomo Guardi).
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