Roman Ruins Near the Lagoon

Artist Francesco Guardi Italian, 1712–1793

Datecirca 1765–1775

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (92.7 x 67.3 cm)
Frame: 41 5/8 x 31 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (105.7 x 81 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Gustaaf Miesegaes

Object numberG.52.16.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceProvenance: Baron Detlev von Hadeln, Florence (1878-1935); with Arnold Seligmann, Rey, & Co., New York; Gustaaf Miesegaes, New York; given to NCMA, 1952.
Published ReferencesExhibition of Venetian Painting from the Fifteenth Century through the Eighteenth Century (exhibition catalogue) (San Francisco: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1938), cat. no. 32.

Four Centuries of Venetian Painting (exhibition catalogue) (Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art, 1940), cat. no. 27, illus.

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 190, illus. (b-w).

The Guardi Family (exhibition catalogue) (Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, 1958), cat. no. 24, illus.

Mostra dei Guardi (exhibition catalogue) (Venice: Palazzo Grassi, 1965), cat. no. 92, illus.

Remnants of Things Past (exhibition catalogue) (St. Petersburg, FL: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1971), cat. no. 20.

Antonio Morassi, Guardi, 2 Vols. (Venice: Alfieri Edizione d'Arte, 1973), Vol. 1, cat. no. 705; Vol. 2, illus. 123, no. 584; (1993 edition) cat. 705, illus. fig. 663 (also see text on 274).

Luigina Rosi Bortolatto, L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi (Milano: Rizzoli Editore, 1974), no. 584, illus. 123, no. 584.
Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, CA, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Exhibition of Venetian Painting from the Fifteenth Century through the Eighteenth Century," June 25-July 24, 1938, cat. no. 32, illus.

Toledo, OH, The Toledo Museum of Art, " March, "Four Centuries of Venetian Painting," March 1940, cat. no. 27, illus.

Buffalo, NY, Albright Art Gallery, "Souvenir Exhibition," 1942.

Houston, TX, The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, "The Guardi Family," January 13-February 16, 1958; Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, February 18(?)-April 6, 1958, cat. no. 24, illus.

Norfolk, VA, Norfolk Museum of Art, November, 1963.

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, "Mostra dei Guardi," June 5-October 10, 1965, cat. no. 92, illus.

St. Petersburg, FL, Museum of Fine Arts, "Remnants of Things Past," January 8-February 7, 1971; Jacksonville, FL, Cummer Gallery of Art, February 16-March 14, 1971, cat. no. 20.

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