Francesco Guardi
1712-1793
The Bucintoro on the Way to the Lido on Ascension Day
16 3/4 x 27 5/8 inches (426 x 702 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1978.15
Purchased from the Estate of Therese Kuhn Straus.
Notes
Watermark: letters "FV" with three stars above. Each star has six points, watermark crosses two chain lines.
Watermark: countermark: V or A with bent crossbar, centered between chain lines.
This drawing, which depicts the bucintoro ferrying the doge to San Niccolò al Lido to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, is a late work, perhaps datable to the mid-1780s. Uncharacteristically painstaking in execution, it may have been created as an independent work of art or, perhaps, in preparation for a print. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Watermark: countermark: V or A with bent crossbar, centered between chain lines.
This drawing, which depicts the bucintoro ferrying the doge to San Niccolò al Lido to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, is a late work, perhaps datable to the mid-1780s. Uncharacteristically painstaking in execution, it may have been created as an independent work of art or, perhaps, in preparation for a print. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "S. Nicolo de Lido D0.I S. Servolo D0. 3 malamoco D0.5 / S. Lasero D0. 2 Chiosa D0. 4 e", a key serving to identify sites numbered from 1 to 5 on the drawing.
Associated names
Straus, Herbert N., former owner.
Straus, Herbert N., Mrs., former owner.
Straus, Herbert N., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 196-197.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 196, repr.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 30, repr. [Kurt Zeitler]
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 196, repr.
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 30, repr. [Kurt Zeitler]
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