GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO | A VENETIAN CAPRICCIO VIEW OF AN OVAL CHURCH BESIDE THE LAGOON

Property of a Private European Collector
GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO
Venice 1697 - 1768
A VENETIAN CAPRICCIO VIEW OF AN OVAL CHURCH BESIDE THE LAGOON

oil on canvas
23⅛ by 35¾ in.; 58.7 by 90.8 cm.

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Condition Report:
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: Giovani Antonio Canaletto A venetian Capriccio view of an oval church beside a lagoon Oil on canvas, in a gilt wood frame The original canvas is lined, the lining is well preserved and provides good tension throughout. All the painted edges have been augmented , including a strip along the bottom edge. The paint layer is well preserved and many of the finer details to the architecture and figures are in good original condition. Under u-v light a scattering of re-touchings can be detected, particularly to the sky, where a reduction of the pale under painted layer has been undertaken. The natural sketchiness of technique employed in the foreground and sea is in good original state. Some of the darker more vulnerable shadows have been slightly compromised. The textured paint to the highlights and the clouds are in a good preserved state. No appreciable tonal advantage would be gained from removal of he varnish.

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Provenance:
Mary, Lady Carbery (d. 1949), Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland;

Her sale et al., London, Christie’s, 4 March 1921, lot 5 (as B. Bellotto) for 40 Guineas to F. Sabin;

With F. Sabin;

With Julius Böhler, Lucerne and Baden Baden, 1932;

From whom acquired by Thomas Harris, London, 1936;

Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Bt. (1894-1972), Knightshayes, Devon;

With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;

With Knoedler, New York, 7 August 1953 (advertised in The Burlington Magazine, November 1954);

From whom acquired by Caroline Ryan Foulke, New York, May 1958;

With Knoedler, New York, September 1959;

From whom acquired by Henry Fonda, New York, January 1960;

Thence by descent to Baroness Franchetti Fonda, New York;

By whom sold, London, Sotheby’s, 30 June 1965, lot 95, for £8,000 to Stein;

With Dr. Fritz Nathan and Dr. Peter Nathan, Zurich (according to a label on the reverse);

Private collection, Paris, 1966 (according to Fondazione Zeri, online catalogue);

With Arthur Tooth, London (according to a label on the reverse);

With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;

From whom acquired by the family of the present owner.