The Fortress of San Andrea from the Lagoon

1780s

Francesco Guardi

Artist, Venetian, 1712 - 1793

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black on laid paper, with some white gouache

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 29.6 × 45.8 cm (11 5/8 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.15.13


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris; sold 1936 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 77.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 317, 459, no. 214 (repro. p. 317, color)(entry by Mitchell Merling).

1995

  • Splendori del Settecento Veneziano, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1995, 455, 456, no. 176 (repro. p. 456)(entry by Attilia Dorigato).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 110.

Bibliography

1973

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings fromt he Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XVI-XVII Century. (Washington: 1973): 175, fig. 331.

1975

  • Morassi, Antonio. Guardi: Tutti i Disegni di Antonio, Francesco, e Giacomo Guardi._ (Venice: 1975): 150, no. 403, fig. 405.

1977

  • Shaw, James Byam. "Some Guardi Drawings Rediscovered," Master Drawings xv.1 (1977): 11, under no. 6.

1979

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. Washington, 1979: 1:244-245; 2:pl. 166.

1984

  • Morassi, Antonio. Guardi: I Dipinti. (Venice: 1984): 430, under no. 644

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 317, 459, no. 214.

1995

  • Splendori del Settecento Veneziano. Exh. cat. Electa, Milan, 1995: 455-456.

2011

  • Sperone, Gian Enzo, Marco Voena, et al. Italian Paintings from the 17th to the 18th Centuries. Robilant + Voena at Sperone Westwater. New York, 2011, 60, fig. 1 (as The Fortress of San Niccolo).

Watermarks

large crowned asymmetrical shield (cf. Heawood 824) containing three crescents with "IMPERIAL" below

Wikidata ID

Q64562383


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