Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793)

Mrs. St. John, Dinmore Manor, Leominster (according to an inscription on the reverse).
Anonymous sale [Mrs. D.E. Butts, London]; Christie’s, London, 25 February 1949, lot 120, as one of a pair, as ‘F. Guardi’ (260 gns. to Beer).
with Frederick Mont & Newhouse Galleries, New York.
with di Dannecker Garbini, Lugano, until 1981, when acquired by the father of the present owner.