Francesco Guardi

Francesco Guardi, Venice: The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, Venice, c. 1757. Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 106.7 (34 x 42 in.). Courtesy CHARLES BEDDINGTON LTD at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: With Jacques Goudstikker, Kalverstraat 73, Amsterdam, before 1927.Paul Siegfried Daniel May (1869-1940) and Rosine Mariane May-Fuld (1871-1940), Amsterdam; their sale, Mensing & Zoon (Frederik Muller & Co.), Amsterdam, 14 October 1941, lot 2, as Canaletto.With... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 28: Jean-François de Troy (Paris 1679-1752 Rome), The Reading Party, signed and dated 'DE TROY / 1735' (lower left), oil on canvas, 32 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (81.8 x64.7 cm.). Price realised GBP 2,922,000 / USD 3,561,918 / EUR 3,380,754 (Estimate: GBP 2,000,000–3,000,000). © Christie’s 2022 London – Leading Christie’s Classic Week in London, the Old Masters Evening Sale realised £13,145,100 / $16,023,877 / €15,208,881 selling 89% lot and 97% by value. Leading the sale was... [Lire la suite]

Venetian Workshop, possibly that of Michele Giambono (Italian, active mid-15th century). The Virgin and Four Saints, c. 1450–1460. Tempera painting on fruitwood panel. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art opened its fall exhibition European Splendors: Highlights from the Kress Collection, on view Saturday, October 1, 2022, through Sunday, January 1, 2023. The exhibition offers occasion to reconsider Renaissance art through the lens of the CMA’s remarkable holdings — largely off... [Lire la suite]

Frans Hals (Dutch, ca. 1581–1666), Girl Singing, 1625–1630, oil on panel. Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, L2020.6.14Frans Hals (Dutch, ca. 1581–1666), Boy Playing the Violin, 1625–1630, oil on panel. Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, L2020.6.15. RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collectionis now on view at the museum in Richmond. This exceptional private collection, which... [Lire la suite]

Property from a Family Collection. Lot 14. Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli (Florence 1444/5 - 1510), The Man of Sorrows, inscribed along the neckline of Christ's robe: [CHR]ISTO/ JESVNAZAR/ ENOR[...], tempera and oil on panel; panel: 27 1/8 by 20 1/4 in.; 69 by 51.4 cm; framed: 45 3/4 by 39 1/4 in.; 116.2 by 100 cm. Estimate Upon Request. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- This January, Sotheby’s will offer a rich... [Lire la suite]

AIX-EN-PROVENCE - À l’occasion du 70e anniversaire de la création de la Fondation Giorgio Cini, l'Hôtel de Caumont - Centre d'art propose un voyage à Venise en présentant pour la première fois hors d’Italie des chefs-d’œuvre de la collection Cini, l’une des plus importantes collections d’art ancien italien. Les 70 peintures, sculptures, dessins et objets précieux présentés font partie de l’un des plus prestigieux ensembles d’art italien, du XIVe au XVIIIe siècle, réuni par l’entrepreneur et philanthrope Vittorio Cini (Ferrare... [Lire la suite]

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), A capriccio ruined building by the coast, with figures. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE.- The Fitzwilliam Museum has acquired three important paintings: two delightfully solemn portraits of young boys by the Dutch artist, Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85), and a vibrantly imaginary Italianate coastal view by the Venetian painter, Francesco Guardi (1712-93).The paintings have been received from the estate of George Pinto under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, which is administered by... [Lire la suite]

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, called il) (Venice 1697 - 1768), The Piazzetta of Venice, detail, 1732-1738, oil on canvas. © 2020 Paolo and Carolina Zani Foundation for Art and Culture. BRESCIA.- More than eight hundred works of art, including important paintings by Canaletto, Longhi, Tiepolo, Guardi, Boucher, sculptures by Filippo Parodi, from Genoa and by Della Porta from Rome beside precious baroque and rococo furnishings mostly French and Venetian and extraordinary applied art from XVII and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - 1793), Capriccio view of a Venetian campo, oil on canvas, 12⅜ by 10⅝ in.; 31.4 by 27 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund.  Provenance: Derveaux, Paris; Madame Raymond Thome-Patenôtre, until shortly before 1962; From whom acquired by Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York; From whom acquired by Lesley and Emma A. Sheafer, 1962; Thence by bequest to the Metropolitan Museum... [Lire la suite]

Jayne Wrightsman, wearing a satin gown by Givenchy, on a Louis XV cut-velvet sofa in her New York apartment. Photograph by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, October 1, 1966 (Cecil Beaton / Vogue; © Condé Nast) NEW YORK - The historic bequest includes over $80 million and more than 375 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, decorative art objects, and rare books. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced an exceptional bequest of over 375 works from the late Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), Trustee Emerita and one of the most... [Lire la suite]