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Auction archive: Lot number 75

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)

Estimate
US$800,000 - US$1,200,000
Price realised:
US$915,000
Auction archive: Lot number 75

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)

Estimate
US$800,000 - US$1,200,000
Price realised:
US$915,000
Beschreibung:

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768) View of the South front of Warwick Castle with inscription on a label affixed to back of the frame: ‘This drawing of Warwick Castle at my death to be sent/ to the Earl of Warwick, 1813. F. Harpur sister to the Earl of Warwick. [Frances Elizabeth Greville (1744-1825), married to Sir Henry Harpur]/ By Canaletti/ who has painted/ several Pictures [&] Drawings/ Died in 1694’ pen and brown ink, gray wash, watermark fleur de lys with countermark IV (?) 12 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (31.7 x 57.8 cm) Provenance Commissioned from the artist by Francis Greville (1719-1773), 1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke, London and Warwick, and by descent; Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1997, lot 53, where purchased for the present collection.

Auction archive: Lot number 75
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768) View of the South front of Warwick Castle with inscription on a label affixed to back of the frame: ‘This drawing of Warwick Castle at my death to be sent/ to the Earl of Warwick, 1813. F. Harpur sister to the Earl of Warwick. [Frances Elizabeth Greville (1744-1825), married to Sir Henry Harpur]/ By Canaletti/ who has painted/ several Pictures [&] Drawings/ Died in 1694’ pen and brown ink, gray wash, watermark fleur de lys with countermark IV (?) 12 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (31.7 x 57.8 cm) Provenance Commissioned from the artist by Francis Greville (1719-1773), 1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke, London and Warwick, and by descent; Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1997, lot 53, where purchased for the present collection.

Auction archive: Lot number 75
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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