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Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Francesco Guardi

Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore

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Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection

Francesco Guardi

Venice 1712 - 1793 Cannaregio

Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore


oil on canvas

canvas: 4 ¾ by 7 ⅝ in.; 12.6 by 19.5 cm

framed: 8 ⅞ by 11½ in.; 22.5 by 29.3 cm

Private collection, England, by the 1920s;

Thence by descent;

By whom sold, anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 21 April 1989, lot 97;

With Richard Green, London;

From whom acquired by Hans and Marion König, 1988.

D. Succi, Guardi, Catalogo dei Dipinti e Disdegni Inediti, Milan 2021, p. 100, cat. no. 132, reproduced.