Rialto Bridge, Venice

Provenance

(Eugene Glaenzer, Paris); purchased 1914 by (M. Knoedler & Co., London); sold 1924 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York;[1] gift 1949 to NGA. [1] Glaenzer was a dealer active in Paris and New York during the early 1900s. All the provenance information is from the Knoedler records, provided by Martha Hepworth of the Getty Provenance Index (letter of 25 February 1992, NGA curatorial files).

Rialto Bridge, Venice

Guardi, Francesco

c. 1770/1800

Accession Number

1949.1.6

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 19.1 x 30.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.) | framed: 34.6 x 45.7 x 6 cm (13 5/8 x 18 x 2 3/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin