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FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
Lot 52 Property from a New York Academic’s Collection

FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)

Architectural capriccio with an arch and awning (recto); An architectural study (verso)

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FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
Architectural capriccio with an arch and awning (recto); An architectural study (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
9 ¾ x 6 ¾ in. (24.5 x 17 cm)

Alfred de Pass (1861-1953), London (L. 108a); gifted to
Royal Institute of Cornwall, Truro (L. 2014e); Christie’s, London, 30 November 1965, lot 165.
with Folio Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 12 January 1990, lot 105.

Specialist note

The architectural capriccio on this double-sided drawing can be connected with at least two paintings. One by Francesco Guardi once in the Chamalimaud collection (fig. 1; Christie’s, London, 7 July 2005, lot 19) that was described by Antonio Morassi as ‘opera bellissima per fantasia inventiva, capriccio tra i più riusciti nel repertorio di Francesco in questo genere’ (A. Morassi, Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice, 1973, pp. 275, 451 and no. 757, ill.). Another version, attributed to Giacomo Guardi, was published by Succi (Succi, op. cit., p. 162, fig. 174).

Fig. 1. Francesco Guardi, Architectural capriccio with an arch and awning. Private collection.