View of the Riva degli Schiavoni and the Piazzetta
painter
Francesco Guardi
(Venice, 1712 - 1793, Venice)
Date1760s
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions51 x 86.3 cm (20 1/16 x 34 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP25w47
eMuseum ID722248
EmbARK ObjectID12074
TMS Source ID1222
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 17.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 180-82.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 209-10.
Stuart Preston. "The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 34.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 8 (24 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 174-75.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 96.
Antonio Morassi. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi (Venice, 1973), p. 384-85, no. 393, fig. 418.
Frederico Zeri and Elizabeth E. Gardner. Italian Piantings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Venetian School. (New York, 1973), p. 32.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 114-17.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 43-46, 48-49.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 58.
Linda J. Docherty. "Translating Dante: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Museum as Paradiso." Religion and the Arts (2018), p. 204.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 180-82.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 209-10.
Stuart Preston. "The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 34.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 8 (24 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 174-75.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 96.
Antonio Morassi. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi (Venice, 1973), p. 384-85, no. 393, fig. 418.
Frederico Zeri and Elizabeth E. Gardner. Italian Piantings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Venetian School. (New York, 1973), p. 32.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 114-17.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 43-46, 48-49.
Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
Cynthia Saltzman. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures (New York: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 58.
Linda J. Docherty. "Translating Dante: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Museum as Paradiso." Religion and the Arts (2018), p. 204.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Lady Louisa Caroline Baring Ashburton (1827–1903), art collector and philanthropist, Grange Park, Hampshire by 1895.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Colnaghi & Co., London on 18 December 1895 for £1575 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers Colnaghi & Co., London on 18 December 1895 for £1575 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
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