View of Venice
Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1732 - 1793
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
425 x 692 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1420358
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of Venice, Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 – Venice 1793). A tall tower and church on left; many boats in foreground, to the left the island of San Giorgio, with Palladio's church of S. Giorgio in the distance on right, the church of the Redentore.
Provenance
Purchased by Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 – 1886); thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Penrhyn Castle, 2002.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793), artist