The Fire in the San Marcuola Quarter of Venice, 28 November 1789, Francesco Guardi (copy after), 1789 - 1820

Identification

Title(s)

The Fire in the San Marcuola Quarter of Venice, 28 November 1789

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3402

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Incendio di S. Marcuola l'anno 1789 26 N.bre’

Description

De brand in de wijk van San Marcuola, Venetië, 28 november 1789. Op een vlakte voor de huizen staan de bewoners aan de oever van het water van een kanaal naar de vlammen te kijken. Kopie naar een tekening van Francesco of Giacomo Guardi in het Museo Correr te Venetië.

Creation

Artist

painter: Francesco Guardi (copy after)
painter: Giacomo Guardi (copy after)

Dating

1789 - 1820

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 22.5 cm × width 36.5 cm × thickness 3.5 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

When

1789-11-28 -

Where

Venice

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1941

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, fl. 14,000, to Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam, 1929;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 250
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 13, cat.nr. 18

Persistent URL

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