In July 2011 on trading works by Old Masters Sotheby's will feature a rare painting by Francesco Guardi, the estimated 20 million pounds

auction house Sotheby's to auction the works of Old Masters on July 6 this year, will put rare works by Italian artist Francesco Guardi (Francesco Guardi). Grand landscape of the Grand Canal in Venice with the Rialto Bridge nearly two-meter length is estimated at 20 million pounds ($ 32 million).

Francesco Guardi Venice. Type the Rialto Bridge with the coal quay End 1760 Oil on canvas. 115 x 199,5 Sotheby's. 06.07.2011 Source: ukauctionnews.com

«Venice. Type the Rialto Bridge with the coal quay "- one of four large-scale canvases late 1760-ies, which are considered the best in creativity Guardi. Another painting from this series in 1989 at Sotheby's auction in Monaco, was sold for 94.35 million French francs (15.9 million dollars). At that time it was the second result among all the sales of old masters, and for works of Guardi, he is still a record.

«View of the Rialto Bridge from the waterfront Coal" has a good chance to beat this record . Work was never exhibited at a public auction, and its provenance can be traced to 1768, when she paired with another pattern became the English traveler Chaloner Arsdekne (Chaloner Arcedeckne). In 1891 the family bought the painting Guinness (Guinness), and since then it passed by inheritance. One of the last pictures of the owners was a member of the Conservative Party, Paul Channon (Paul Channon), who died in 2007. According to knowledgeable people to auction at Sotheby's landscape exhibit his heirs.

head of the international department of Old Masters Sotheby's Alex Bell (Alex Bell) in an interview said that the painting by Francesco Guardi interested in how enthusiastic collectors of Old masters and those who normally collects the art of another kind. A proposed landscape, imbued with the spirit of Venice, will satisfy the most demanding buyers.

material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru