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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
FRANCESCO GUARDI* (1712-1793)

细节
FRANCESCO GUARDI* (1712-1793)

THE GRAND CANAL WITH SAN SIMEONE PICCOLO

BLACK CHALK, PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH, UNIDENTIFIED FRAGMENTARY WATERMARK, THE LEFT AND RIGHT SECTIONS PARTLY INCISED, ON THREE JOINED SHEETS OF PAPER, THE LEFT AND RIGHT SECTIONS RUBBED WITH BLACK CHALK ON THE VERSI
11½ X 21 1/8IN. (292 X 536MM.)

拍品专文

THE EVIDENCE OF THE INCISING AND THE PREPARATION OF THE VERSI OF THE MAIN (LEFT AND RIGHT) SECTIONS OF THIS DRAWING ESTABLISH THAT IT WAS USED FOR TRANSFER BY THE ARTIST. AFTER THIS WAS DONE HE EVIDENTLY DECIDED TO ALTER THE CENTRAL SECTION. AN AREA OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWING WAS CUT OUT WITH A RAZOR, AND THE EXISTING CENTRAL SECTION, 292 X 13MM., WAS SKILLFULLY INSERTED IN ITS PLACE BY THE ARTIST.