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Capriccio with a Squall on the Lagoon
Francesco Guardi · 1775/80
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by Lucille Cohen, London, to the Marquis de Biron (Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron; died 1939), Paris, 1909 [according to Paris 1952]; by descent to his nephew, the Duc de Talleyrand, Paris, by 1958 [according to Morassi 1958]. Sold by Rosenberg and Steibel, New York, to the Art Institute, 1968.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, Galeries Cailleux, "Tiepolo et Guardi," 1952, cat. 109.
- Paris, Petit Palais, "Peinture Italienne au 17ème Siècle," 1960/1961, cat. 311.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 40-41, cat. 19 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Great Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958-1983," July 24-September 30, 1985, pp. 50-51, cat. 16 (ill.), cat. by Martha Tedeschi.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "18th Century Venetian Drawings," January 11-May 5, 1985.
Literature
Published references
- Antonio Morassi, Dessins Vénitiens du 18ème Siècle de la Collection du Duc de Talleyrand (Milan, 1958), pp. 9-10, and 30 (ill.).
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