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Two masterpiece views of Venice by Canaletto at the Christie's auction of Important Old Master and British Pictures

Giovanni Antonio Canal, The Grand Canal, Venice, looking north-west from the Ca’ Corner to the Ca’ Contarini degli Scrigni, with the campanile of Santa Maria della Carità (detail), oil on canvas, 18½ x 30¾ in. (47 x 78.2 cm), Estimate: £3,000,000 to £5,000,000.©...

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Tags: Canaletto, grand canal, Venice, Piazzetta di San Marco

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11 octobre 2008

A pair of Italian brass chimerae. Venice, 19th century

A pair of Italian brass chimerae. Venice, 19th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's with stylized dolphin mask and tail. 28 cm; 29 cm. Estimate 3,000—5,000 USD NOTE: These decorative figures were mounted on the sides of gondolas in order to tie the boat...

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Tags: 19th century, Italian, brass, Venice, chimerae

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11 octobre 2008

A pair of Italian late baroque giltwood mirrors. Venice, first quarter 18th century

A pair of Italian late baroque giltwood mirrors. Venice, first quarter 18th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's the shaped plate within a molded border decorated with floral and foliate motifs, the lower rail centered by a mask. 87 cm; 44 cm. Estimate...

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Tags: Venice, mirrors, Italian baroque, first quarter 18th century, giltwood

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11 octobre 2008

A fine pair of Italian gilt and silvered-wood mirrors. Venice, second quarter 18th century

A fine pair of Italian gilt and silvered-wood mirrors. Venice, second quarter 18th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's the rectangular mirror plate within molded leaf-carved borders and decorated all around with scrollwork, acanthus leaves and shell motifs,...

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Tags: Italian, Venice, mirrors, gilt and silvered-wood, second quarter 18th century

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11 octobre 2008

A fine Italian Rococo walnut armchair. Venice, mid-18th century

A fine Italian Rococo walnut armchair. Venice, mid-18th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's with a pierced cartouche-shaped backrest and pierced baluster spat, the serpentine armrests on scrolled supports above a drop-in seat, raised on cabriole legs and...

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Tags: Venice, Italian rococo, mid-18th century, walnut armchair

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11 octobre 2008

A fine pair of Italian rococo white and blue-painted armchairs. Venice, mid-18th century

A fine pair of Italian rococo white and blue-painted armchairs. Venice, mid-18th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's the cartouche-shaped backrest decorated with blue flowers and foliage, voluted wooden armrests on voluted supports, the padded back and...

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Tags: Venice, Armchairs, Italian rococo, mid-18th century, white and blue-painted

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11 octobre 2008

An Italian rococo polychrome painted chest of drawers. Venice, circa 1760

An Italian rococo polychrome painted chest of drawers. Venice, circa 1760. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's with a serpentine-fronted faux-marble top above a bombé shaped case fitted with two drawers, the corners and sides applied with fruit with floral and...

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Tags: Venice, Italian rococo, circa 1760, chest of drawers, polychrome painted

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11 octobre 2008

An Italian rococo red-painted and parcel-gilt mirror. Venice, circa 1760

An Italian rococo red-painted and parcel-gilt mirror. Venice, circa 1760. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's the cartouche-shaped plate within a molded, scrolled border decorated with oval portrait medallians, fitted all around with foliate scrolls and flowerheads....

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Tags: Venice, mirror, Italian rococo, circa 1760, parcel-gilt, red-painted

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22 septembre 2008

“Andrea Palladio 500”

Canaletto, Capriccio palladiano. Parma, Galleria Nazionale VICENZA.- This exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Palladio’s birth tells the story of a remarkable life and attempts to solve a mystery: how did a humble miller’s son become the most...

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Tags: Canaletto, Venice, Andrea Palladio, Parma, Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese, Vicenza

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15 septembre 2008

Antonio Caracci (Venice 1583 - 1618 Rome ). Arcadian landscape with nymphs and satyrs.

Antonio Caracci (Venice 1583 - 1618 Rome ). Arcadian landscape with nymphs and satyrs. Oil on canvas. 85 x 106 cm. Estimation : 22 000 / 29 000 CHF Expertise : Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome , 08. November 2007. Vente du Vendredi 19 septembre 2008. Tableaux...

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Tags: Rome, Venice, landscape, nymphs, satyrs, Antonio Caracci, Arcadian

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