Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768), View of the South front of Warwick Castle

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)
View of the South front of Warwick Castle
with inscription on a label affixed to back of the frame: ‘This drawing of Warwick Castle at my death to be sent/ to the Earl of Warwick, 1813. F. Harpur sister to the Earl of Warwick. [Frances Elizabeth Greville (1744-1825), married to Sir Henry Harpur]/ By Canaletti/ who has painted/ several Pictures [&] Drawings/ Died in 1694’
pen and brown ink, gray wash, watermark fleur de lys with countermark IV (?)
12 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. (31.7 x 57.8 cm)

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist by Francis Greville (1719-1773), 1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke, London and Warwick, and by descent;
Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1997, lot 53, where purchased for the present collection.

From the Collection of J.E. Safra