Saturday, June 30, 2018

Canaletto at Auction

Sotheby’s Sale of Master Paintings on 1 February 2018

The February auction offers an impressive pair of Venetian views by Canaletto, whose inimitable success in capturing the architecture of 18th -century Venice has made him the undisputed leader of the genre (estimate $3/4 million). Most likely completed in England in the 1740s, the pair offers waterfront views of two of the most recognizable façade in La Serenissima:

the Church of the Redentore

and the Prisons of San Marco.

While there are other known views of the Church of the Redentore by Canaletto, the present view of the Prisons of San Marco is a unique composition for the artist of which no other version is known.

Sotheby’s Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale on 3 December 2014

‘Venice, The Piazza San Marco Looking East Towards The Basilica’.

Estimate 5,000,000 — 7,000,000

LOT SOLD. 5,458,500 GBP

Sotheby's 2012

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Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto

VENICE, A VIEW OF THE CHURCHES OF THE REDENTORE AND SAN GIACOMO, WITH A MOORED MAN-OF-WAR, GONDOLAS AND BARGES

Estimate

5,000,000 — 7,000,000

LOT SOLD. 5,682,500 USD

Christie's 2015

Canaletto The Piazzetta: Looking East, with the Ducal Palace

Christie's 2014

Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768)

Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi, on the Grand Canal, Venice

Price realised

GBP 1,314,500

Estimate

GBP 800,000 - GBP 1,200,000

Christie's Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

London 2 July 2013

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto...

The Molo, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco

PRICE REALIZED

GBP 8,461,875

Christie's 2008

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Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768), The Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice, looking west, with the Liberia, oil on canvas, 18½ x 30¾ in.

Christie's 2000

Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768)

The Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, with the West End of the Church and the Scuola di San Marco