Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 – 1797), Venice, a view of San Giorgio Maggiore from across the Bacino. Photo Sotheby's

oil on canvas, unframed; 50 by 72 cm.; 19 3/4 by 28 3/8 in. Estimation 10,000-15,000 GBP. Lot vendu: 11,250 GBP

Note: We are grateful to Charles Beddington for proposing the attribution on the basis of an image. A similar view datable circa 1780, with differences in the staffage, is in a private collection (see D. Succi, Francesco Tironi, Ultimo vedutista del settecento veneziano, Pordenone 2004, p, 38, reproduced in colour pp. 32-33, and a detail on the dust jacket).

Sotheby's. Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale. Londres | 05 juil. 2012 www.sothebys.com