Lot 165. Bernardo Bellotto (1721 Venice– 1780 Warschau), Veduta With The Rialto Bridge From The South. Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 77.5 cm. Lot sold € 622.000 (Estimate € 600.000 - 800.000). © HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions Munich

Provenance: Private collection.

Exhibition: Galerie de L'Elysée, Paris, December 1950, no. 14. (13515322) (13)

Note: The painting on offer for sale in this lot can be dated to the last years of the 1730s and is a variation of a prototype by Canaletto held in the Musée Jacquemart-André in Pairs, which was published as a reproduction by Antonio Visentini in 1742.

Accompanied by an extensive expert’s report by Dario Succi, Gorizia, who praises the present painting as a “splendida opera” by Bernardo Bellotto and includes detailed examples of comparison and bibliography.

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.

Hampel. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS - PART I, 30 March 2023