Live Auction 17994Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1835)
Lot 73

Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1835)

View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Closed28 January 2020

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Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764-1835)
View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
pen and brown ink, and watercolor, proprietary watermark F. Andrieu
10 1/8 x 16¾ in. (25.9 x 42.5 cm)

Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris (L. 421); Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 8-10 June 1920, lot 187 (as Francesco Guardi)
Hélène Arpels (1909-2006), New York; Christie's, New York, 25 January 2007, lot 44.

Specialist note

Following the tradition inaugurated by his father, renowned vedutista Francesco Guardi, Giacomo produced fresh watercolors and gouaches for the international clientèle of Grand Tourists. This rather large view of the Lagoon, overlooking at left the island of S. Giorgio with the Basilica and the edge of the Giudecca at right, was executed for this type of collector.