Francesco Guardi
Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana, Venice

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

CultureItalian (Venetian)

Titles

Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana, Venice

Datec. 1783

PlaceVenice, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 19 5/8 × 35 3/8 in. (49.8 × 89.9 cm)
Frame: 29 1/2 × 45 1/4 in. (74.9 × 114.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.562

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

209 Nicandros Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePainted for Mr. Ingram, an English dilettante in Italy, 1783; by descent to A.H. Godfrey of Kent; sale [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, March 15, 1929]; purchased by Captain Langton Douglas; Purchased by Mr. Straus, 1931; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by F. Guardi," Colnaghi & Co., London, 1927.

"Director's Choice," The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1955.

"Museum Director's Choice," The Lubbock National Bank, Texas, 1957.

"The Guardi Family," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1958.

"School Exhibition," Corpus Christi Art Foundation, Inc., Texas, 1961.

"The Arts of Man Exhibition," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1962.

"Masters of Landscape, East and West," The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York; Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1963.

"Canaletto," The Art Gallery of Toronto; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1964–65.

"The Glory of Venice in the North," Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, Germany, December 3, 1991–February 2, 1992; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, Germany, February 16–May 10, 1992.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

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