08 juillet 2011
Francesco Guardi, (Venice 1712 - 1793), The piazza San Marco with the Basilica and campanile.

08 juillet 2011
An Italian mid-19th century black and gilt Japanned and painted cabinet on stand, Venice or Rome, re-using an earlier cabinet

06 juillet 2011
Rosalba Carriera (Venice 1675-1757), Portrait of a young child, bust-length, in blue costume.
Rosalba Carriera (Venice 1675-1757), Portrait of a young child, bust-length, in blue costume. Photo Bonhams
pastel on paper, laid down on board, 30.6 x 24.2cm (12 1/16x 9 1/2in). unframed. Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000, € 11,000 - 17,000, US$ 16,000 - 25,000. Unsold
Bonhams. Old Master Paintings, 6 Jul 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com
03 juillet 2011
Three landscapes of Bartolomeo Pedon (Venice 1665-1732)

03 juillet 2011
Circle of Gaetano Verturali (Lucca 1701-1783), A capriccio of the entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice

03 juillet 2011
Attributed to Joseph Heinz the Younger (Augsburg 1600-1678 Vienna), The Carnival bullfight in Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Venice

07 juin 2011
Venice by Eugenio Benvenuti (Italian, 1881-1959) & Nicholas Briganti (American, 1861-1944)
Eugenio Benvenuti (Italian, 1881-1959) , Venice. Photo Doyle New York
Signed E Benvenuti (lr) . Watercolor on paper Sight 20 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches Repaired tear in the sky at upper left. Not examined out of the frame. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Nicholas Briganti (American, 1861-1944), Venice. Photo Doyle New York
Signed N. Briganti (lr). Oil on canvas. 24 x 30 inches. Estimate $1,200-1,800 C Estate of Richard Bowman
Doyle New York. Belle Epoque: 19th & 20th Century Decorative Arts.... [Lire la suite]
05 juin 2011
'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts' @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador, Muhammad Ali Beg. Folio from the Windsor Padshahnama, India, c. 1633. Ink, colors, and gold on paper. 12 5/8 x 8 5/8. The Royal Collection, Windsor. ©2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts, a major international loan exhibition, which explores Islamic art through the universal tradition of gift giving. Many of the most spectacular and historically significant... [Lire la suite]
02 mai 2011
"Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice" @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Commissione of Doge Francesco Donato to Vincenzo Gritti as Lieutenant of Udine, 1546. leone andante, St. Vincent Ferrer, Latin inscription reading ‘I Francesco Donato, by the grace of God, Doge of Venice, etc’, putti raising the Gritti family arms, antique armor and trophies. Paint and gold paint on vellum, height 24 cm by width 17 cm by depth 4 cm (closed).
BOSTON, MA.- From May 3 to June 19, visitors to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are invited to take a closer look at seven Venetian manuscripts from the museum’s extensive... [Lire la suite]
28 février 2011
Francesco Guardis 'Venice, a view of the Rialto' @ Sotheby's London
LONDON.- Sothebys employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardis Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge before it will be sold at auction on July 6, 2011, the painting estimated to fetch in the region of 20 million pounds, US$32.21 million. AP Photo/Joel Ryan.
LONDON.- Sothebys employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardis Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge before it will be sold at auction on July 6, 2011, the painting is estimated to fetch in the region of 20 million pounds, US$32.21 million. AP Photo/Joel Ryan.
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