Francesco Guardi
Regatta at the Rialto Bridge

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Artist Francesco Guardi (Italian (Venetian), 1712–1793)Italian (Venetian), 1712–1793

CultureItalian

Titles

Regatta at the Rialto Bridge

Date1770s

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 30 1/2 × 49 1/2 in. (77.5 × 125.7 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1983.1

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Ehrich Galleries, New York]; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1906–1980; [Christie’s, New York, June 5, 1980, lot 126]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1983.
Exhibition History"Venetian Painting from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Milwaukee Art Museum, September 14–November 25, 2001.

No Exhibition Title, Old Jail Art Center, Abeline, Texas, February 13–April 15, 2002; Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, April 16–June 17, 2002.

"The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art," Oklahoma City Museum of Art, September 9, 2010–January 2, 2011.

"Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. Restored by Venetian Heritage Inc.," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 21–April 28, 2013.

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