LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

21.75 x 42.75 in. (55.1 x 108.2 cm.)

Description:

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Exhibited:

London, Harari & Johns Ltd., Venice in Perspective: The first One Hundred Years of Venetian View Painting, 1987, no. 4.

Literature:

B. Aikema and B. Bakker, Painters of Venice: The story of the Venetian veduta, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1990, p. 31, fig. 25. G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel, nuova edizione a cura di Laura Laureati e Ludovica Trezzani, Milano, 1996, p. 248, no. 313, entry by Laura Laureati.

Provenance:

John Astley (d. 1718), a younger son of Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Bt., and by descent at Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk to the following, Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 5th Bt. (1756-1817), and by descent to his son, Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Bt. and later 16th Baron Hastings (1797-1859), Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk, and by descent to the present owner.