Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1770

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 32.39 × 52.71 cm (12 3/4 × 20 3/4 in.)

framed: 48.9 × 68.9 × 6.99 cm (19 1/4 × 27 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2015.19.29

Artists / Makers

Francesco Guardi (painter) Venetian, 1712 - 1793

Image Use

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Provenance

Private Collection, Paris. (Théodore Bonjean, Paris);[1] purchased 20 May 1911 by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); Knoedler sold half-share to (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.);[2] purchased October 1922 by William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[3] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Early provenance according to Knoedler. See M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Painting Stockbook 5, 8800-12652, 1899 April-1911 December, page 243, the painting is stock number 12569.

[2] The first mention of joint-ownership with Colnaghi is dated 30 April 1912. See M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Painting Stockbook 6, 12653-15139, 1911 December-1920 July, page 21.

[3] See See M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Painting Stockbook 7, 15140-17039, 1921 January-1927 December, page 2.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Knoedler & Company, M.
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Théodore Bonjean

Exhibition History

1959: Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 28 January - 7 March 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1978: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April-16 July 1978.

1989: The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Montana Historical Society, Helena, 1989, unnumbered checklist.

1996: The Rise of the Art World in America: Knoedler at 150, An historical exhibition commemorating Knoedler & Company's 150th Anniversary, Knoedler & Company, New York, 5 December 1996 - 12 January 1997, unnumbered checklist, repro.

2001: Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November 2001 - 4 February 2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2003: Whistler and his Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Grolier Club, New York, 2003, no. 85, repro.

Bibliography

1925: Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 178, no. 188.