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Capriccio with a Venetian Square and a View of the Lagoon

Capriccio with a Venetian Square and a View of the Lagoon

Francesco Guardi (in circa 1727-1779)

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This drawing is part of a group of 508 drawings from the Koenigs Collection, which was sold in the fall of 1940 by D.G. van Beuningen to Dr. Hans Posse, Hitler's Sonderbeauftragter Linz. This transaction was in violation of Dutch laws and international agreements. See the publication by Albert J. Elen, Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of The Netherlands, Den Haag 1989

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Title Capriccio with a Venetian Square and a View of the Lagoon
Material and technique Black chalk (traces), pen and brown ink, brown wash, on greyish paper
Object type
Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Artists Draughtsman: Francesco Guardi
Accession number I 218 (PK)
Credits Missing since World War II, see cat. Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of the Netherlands, The Hague 1989
Department Drawings & Prints (Pushkin claim)
Creation date in circa 1727-1779
Collector Collector / Franz Koenigs
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Francesco Guardi

Venetië 1712 - Venetië 1793

Francesco Guardi was a Venetian artist of 'vedute', large detailed cityscapes almost exclusively of Venice. On several occasions he worked with his brother...

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