Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
GIACOMO GUARDI (Venice 1764-1825)
Lot 24 PROPERTY FROM THE CORNELIA BESSIE ESTATE

GIACOMO GUARDI (Venice 1764-1825)

Venice: The Bucintoro on the lagoon; and The Rialto Bridge

Closed5 July 2022

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GBP 5,000–7,000

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GIACOMO GUARDI (Venice 1764-1825)
Venice: The Bucintoro on the lagoon; and The Rialto Bridge
each signed Giacomo de Guardi verso, and inscribed ‘Veduta del Bucintoro' and ‘Veduta del Ponte de Rialto' respectively
bodycolour
11 x 17.5 cm (4 1⁄4 x 6 7⁄8 in.)
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Specialist note

Giacomo Guardi produced a large number of bodycolour views of the Rialto, among which one is in the Morgan Library and Museum, New York (inv. 1996.32). However, drawings showing the Bucintoro are much rarer in his œuvre.