Francesco Guardi

Francesco Guardi
Il crocifisso con le tre Marie e S. Giovanni, ca. 1740/50
Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 55.5 cm
Morassi no. 177
Provenance
Liselotte Leuner, Chaumercenne (Haut-Saône, by 1952) (1) ▪ Art market, Paris (1952) (2) ▪ Dr. Hans
Wendland, Paris (3) ▪ Emil Bührle, Zurich (10 October 1956 until [d.] 28 November 1956) (4) ▪ Given
by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, no. 143 (1960).
(1) Jean-Petit-Matile, "Découverte d'un chef- d'œuvre de Francesco Guardi", in Vie, Art, Cité (15/3) 1952, p. 36–
37 (ill.).
(2) Tiepolo et Guardi, Galerie Cailleux, Paris 1952, not in catalogue; Giuseppe Fiocco, "Il problema di Francesco
Guardi", in Arte Veneta (6) 1952, p. 118, fig. 125**.
(3) AStEGB, Correspondence between H. F. Fankhauser, Basel, acting on behalf of his brother-in-law, Dr. Hans
Wendland, and Emil Bührle/Peter Dietschi [curator of the Bührle collection], 4 September–16 October 1956.
(4) Acquired through the medium of H. F. Fankhauser, Basel, from the above for CHF 62.000, Invoice from H. F.
Fankhauser, Basel, made out to Emil Bührle, 4 September 1956; Letter from H. F. Fankhauser, Basel, to Emil
Bührle, 28 September 1956, with regard to the payment of the above sum and handwritten note by Emil
Bührle: "10. X. 56. via Ihag p. Scheck bez.". See also Letter from H. F. Fankhauser, Basel, to Emil Bührle, 13
September 1956, accompanying 3 expert's reports by Giuseppe Fiocco, Hermann Voss and Rodolfo Pallucchini
(now lost).
Exhibitions
Tiepolo et Guardi, Galerie Cailleux, Paris 1952, not in cat.
References
Giuseppe Fiocco, "Il problema di Francesco Guardi", in: Arte Veneta (6) 1952, p. 118, fig. 125. ▪
Jean-Petit-Matile, "Découverte d'un chef-d'œuvre de Francesco Guardi", in Vie, Art, Cité (15/3) 1952,
p. 36–37 (ill.). ▪ Antonio Morassi, Antonio e Francesco Guardi, Venice 1973, vol. 1, no. 177; vol. 2,
fig. 202. ▪ "Repertorium venezianischer Gemälde in öffentlichem Schweizer Besitz", in Venezianische
Kunst in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein, (exh. cat.) Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon (Schwyz)
1978, no. R32 (ill.; French edition: "Répertoire des peintures vénitiennes appartenant aux collections
publiques de Suisse", in Art vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, Musée d'art et d'histoire,
Geneva).
Catalogues of the Bührle Collection: 1966 & 1971, no. 143; 1973/86, no. 145; 1994/95, p. 27;
2004/05, no. 10. ▪ Exhibitions of the Bührle Collection: Zurich 1958, no. 89; Zurich 2010, no. 143.
Catalogues, exhibitions and articles cited in full see http://www.buehrle.ch/pdf/egbcat.pdf.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Status as per January 2016
www.buehrle.ch / [email protected]
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