A view of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Bacino of San Marco, Venice

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GIACOMO GUARDI (VENICE 1764-1835)
A view of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Bacino of San Marco, Venice
signed and inscribed ‘Veduta di S. Giorgio Maggiore e gran Canale/ Giacomo de Guardi’ (verso)
watercolor and bodycolor
6 x 9 3/4 in. (15.2 x 24.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 83.
‌Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

This view depicts on the left the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and on the right the Punta della Dogana. Giacomo’s father, Francesco Guardi, painted a similar view in a large canvas in the Glasgow Museums (inv. 184; see A. Morassi, Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice, 1975, no. 422, ill.).

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