VENETIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY | Venice, a view of the Grand Canal, with San Geremia, the Palazzo Labia, and the entrance to the Cannareggio

Mrs. H. G. Simon;
By whom anonymously sold, New York, American Art Association, 5 February 1931, lot 194 (as Antonio Canale called Canaletto);
There acquired by Mrs. C. H. Sage.

The canvas is lined. Underneath an old varnish reads a beautiful view, with the paint surface well preserved, such as on the foreground. Under the inspection of UV light, scattered spots of retouches fluoresce throughout the sky. In-painting, possibly to address craquelure also fluoresces under UV. Further thinner spots of retouching are here and there along the edges of the canvas. The painting is offered in a gilded, elaborately carved wood frame.
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