Imaginary Venetian Scene | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1326
People: Unidentified Artist
After Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venice, Italy 1712 - 1793 Venice, Italy)
Title: Imaginary Venetian Scene
Other Titles: Former Title: Venetian Scene
Former Title: Imaginary View of a Bridge over a Canal
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1850-1899
Culture: Italian, Venetian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229792

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

21.7 x 34.5 cm (8 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: back of panel, u.l., black ink, handwritten: F. Guardi / A. [C. or E.?] [Bauer or Bower?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1326

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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