Live Auction 2534Old Master Paintings Part I
Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
Lot 31 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEAN DELEAGE

Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)

The Lagoon, Venice, with the islands of San Michele and Murano beyond

Closed25 January 2012

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Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)
The Lagoon, Venice, with the islands of San Michele and Murano beyond
oil on canvas
12 x 18¼ in. (30.4 x 46.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1990, lot 78 (£460,000). with Richard Green, London, 1997, where acquired by Jean Deleage.

Specialist note

In this serene view, Francesco Guardi captured the Camaldolese church complex of San Michele in Isola. The artist contrasts the shimmering white Istrian stones of the abbey church's famous façade, built by Mauro Codussi in 1469, with the surrounding cool, tranquil water of the lagoon. The island of Murano appears in the distance to the left. The composition is closely related to a smaller view of the island of San Michele seen from a similar viewpoint, formerly with Galleria Schubert, Milan (see A. Morassi, Guardi, 1973, I, p. 431, no. 651, and II, fig. 611).