Details
FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
The interior of the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, with the 1782 ball in honor of the 'Conti del Nord'
oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 35 7/8 in. (67 x 91.5 cm.)
Provenance
Mr. Simonson (according to an inscription on the stretcher noted in the 1994 sale catalogue).
Stephen Bourgeois, Paris, by 1912.
Arnold van Buuren, 't Loover, Naarden; his sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 26-27 May 1925, lot 49.
with Bourgeois Galleries, Paris and New York, by 1925.
Marczell von Nemes, Munich, by 1931; (†) his sale, Frederik Muller, Munich, 16-19 June 1931, lot 43, where acquired by,
Conte Carlo Parravicini, Paris, and where acquired in 1938 by,
Private collector, Switzerland, and by whom sold,
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 9 December 1994, lot 62,
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
G. A. Simonson, 'A Newly-Discovered Guardi', The Burlington Magazine, XIX, 1911, pp. 98-100, illustrated.
G. Fiocco, Francesco Guardi Florence, 1923, pp. 35 and 72, no. 72, pl. LXI.
E. Modigliani, 'Settecento veneziano nelle raccolte private milanesi', Settecento veneziano: strenna dell'Illustrazione italiana 1924-1925, II, Milan, 1925, pp. 356 and 358.
‌M. Goering, 'Venezianische Feste und Masken. Zur Ausstellung von 1937 im Cà Rezzonico in Venedig', Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, VII, 1938, pp. 47-48, fig. 6.M. Goering, Francesco Guardi Vienna, 1944, pp. 59-60 and 85, pl. 135.
V. Moschini, Francesco Guardi Milan, 1956, p. 38, pl. 159.
B. Tamassia-Mazzarotto, Le feste veneziane: i giochi popolari, le cerimonie religiose e di govero, Florence, 1961, pp. 319-321.
A. Morassi, Guardi: Antonio e Francesco Guardi I, Venice, 1973, pp. 182, 357, no. 255; II, fig. 285.
L. Rossi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi Milan, 1974, p. 131, no. 686, illustrated.
M. Azzi Visentini, 'Un Guardi ritrovato', Arte Veneta, XXXIX, 1985, pp. 178-179, figs. 1-2.
‌G.M. Pilo, "Ritovamenti. Francesco Guardi", FMR, October,1986, pp. 55-58.
S. Biandene, 'Le feste per i Conti del Nord: "ironico e malinconico" crepuscolo del Rococo', Quaderni di Venezia Arti, I, 1992, pp. 100-101, 103.
B.L. Brown. 'Guardi exhibitions. Venice', The Burlington Magazine, CLIII, 1993, pp. 850-851, fig. 83.
D. Succi, Francesco Guardi Itinerario dell'avventura artistica, Milan, 2003, p. 115.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Venetian Paintings of the 18th Century, 1911, no. 19.
Venice, Museo Cà Rezzonico, Le Feste e le Maschere Veneziane, 6 May-31 October 1937, no. 6.
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Francesco Guardi - Vedute Caprici Feste, 28 August-21 November 1993, no. 68.
Venice, Museo Correr, Francesco Guardi 28 September 2012-17 February 2013, no. 80.
Details
FRANCESCO GUARDI (VENICE 1712-1793)
The interior of the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, with the 1782 ball in honor of the 'Conti del Nord'
oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 35 7/8 in. (67 x 91.5 cm.)
Provenance
Mr. Simonson (according to an inscription on the stretcher noted in the 1994 sale catalogue).
Stephen Bourgeois, Paris, by 1912.
Arnold van Buuren, 't Loover, Naarden; his sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 26-27 May 1925, lot 49.
with Bourgeois Galleries, Paris and New York, by 1925.
Marczell von Nemes, Munich, by 1931; (†) his sale, Frederik Muller, Munich, 16-19 June 1931, lot 43, where acquired by,
Conte Carlo Parravicini, Paris, and where acquired in 1938 by,
Private collector, Switzerland, and by whom sold,
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 9 December 1994, lot 62,
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
G. A. Simonson, 'A Newly-Discovered Guardi', The Burlington Magazine, XIX, 1911, pp. 98-100, illustrated.
G. Fiocco, Francesco Guardi Florence, 1923, pp. 35 and 72, no. 72, pl. LXI.
E. Modigliani, 'Settecento veneziano nelle raccolte private milanesi', Settecento veneziano: strenna dell'Illustrazione italiana 1924-1925, II, Milan, 1925, pp. 356 and 358.
‌M. Goering, 'Venezianische Feste und Masken. Zur Ausstellung von 1937 im Cà Rezzonico in Venedig', Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, VII, 1938, pp. 47-48, fig. 6.M. Goering, Francesco Guardi Vienna, 1944, pp. 59-60 and 85, pl. 135.
V. Moschini, Francesco Guardi Milan, 1956, p. 38, pl. 159.
B. Tamassia-Mazzarotto, Le feste veneziane: i giochi popolari, le cerimonie religiose e di govero, Florence, 1961, pp. 319-321.
A. Morassi, Guardi: Antonio e Francesco Guardi I, Venice, 1973, pp. 182, 357, no. 255; II, fig. 285.
L. Rossi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi Milan, 1974, p. 131, no. 686, illustrated.
M. Azzi Visentini, 'Un Guardi ritrovato', Arte Veneta, XXXIX, 1985, pp. 178-179, figs. 1-2.
‌G.M. Pilo, "Ritovamenti. Francesco Guardi", FMR, October,1986, pp. 55-58.
S. Biandene, 'Le feste per i Conti del Nord: "ironico e malinconico" crepuscolo del Rococo', Quaderni di Venezia Arti, I, 1992, pp. 100-101, 103.
B.L. Brown. 'Guardi exhibitions. Venice', The Burlington Magazine, CLIII, 1993, pp. 850-851, fig. 83.
D. Succi, Francesco Guardi Itinerario dell'avventura artistica, Milan, 2003, p. 115.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Venetian Paintings of the 18th Century, 1911, no. 19.
Venice, Museo Cà Rezzonico, Le Feste e le Maschere Veneziane, 6 May-31 October 1937, no. 6.
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Francesco Guardi - Vedute Caprici Feste, 28 August-21 November 1993, no. 68.
Venice, Museo Correr, Francesco Guardi 28 September 2012-17 February 2013, no. 80.
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