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Francesco Guardi
1712-1793
Venetian Courtyard
ca. 1780-1785
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk.
6 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches (177 x 201 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.116
Provenance:
Dr. Henry Wellesley (according to 1963 Sotheby sale; no mark); Lieut. Col. William Stirling, Keir; Hon. Mrs. Stirling, Keir; sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 October 1963, lot 48 (bought by Cailleux); Galerie Cailleux, Paris; E.V. Thaw & Co., New York; Norton Simon Foundation, Los Angeles; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names:
Wellesley, Henry, 1791-1866, former owner.
Stirling, William, Lt. Col., former owner.
Stirling, Mrs., former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 190, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 50.
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