Live Auction 21605The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 2 | Old Master, 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Day Sale
GIACOMO GUARDI (VENICE 1764-1835)
Lot 104

GIACOMO GUARDI (VENICE 1764-1835)

A pair of capricci: The Venetian lagoon with ruins and figures

Closed21 October 2022

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GIACOMO GUARDI (VENICE 1764-1835)
A pair of capricci: The Venetian lagoon with ruins and figures
pen and brown ink, gray wash, framing lines
7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (18.5 x 26 cm.) each
(2)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 91.
‌Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

After the death of his father Francesco, in 1793, Giacomo Guardi abandoned painting to devote himself exclusively to drawing (A. Morassi, Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice, 1975, I, p. 290). These imaginary depictions of the lagoon with antique ruins show the artist’s mastery of the pen and wash technique.