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Gian Antonio Guardi

Male Nude, c. 1725

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Medium

red chalk on tan oatmeal paper, heightened with white chalk

Dimensions

overall: 43.1 × 29.5 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.62.b

Artists / Makers

Gian Antonio Guardi (artist) Venetian, 1699 - 1761

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: 30 / 6 / 18

Provenance

J.D. Gocking; (sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 1973, no. 350); Katrin Bellinger, Munich, by 1990; purchased 1994 by David Thomson, Toronto; by exchange to William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bellinger, Katrin, Ms.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Gocking, J.D.
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor
Thomson, David

Exhibition History

1990: Master Drawings 1500-1900, Harari & Johns, London, 1990, no. 20.

1994: The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, no. 197.

2014: The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 56.

Bibliography

1975: Morassi, Antonio. Tutti i disegni di Antonio, Francesco e Giacomo Guardi. Venice, 1975: 31, 90.

1987: Guardi: Metamorfosi dell'immagine. Exh. cat. Castello di Gorizia, Venice, 1987: 171.

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: 300, 453-454.

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