LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

18.39 in. (46.70 cm.) (height) by 30.87 in. (78.40 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York, New York World's Art Fair,. Masterpieces of Art, May-October 1940, no. 36

Literature:

W. Pach,. Catalogue of European & American Paintings, 1500-1900 , exh. cat., Masterpieces of Art, New York 1940, p. 28, no. 36, reproduced;. The Samuel H. Kress Collection , exh. cat., Houston 1953, pp. 68-69, reproduced plate 31; . S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto , London 1972, vol. II, p. 173, no. 214, reproduced p. 170, and p. 513, under no. Z503; . E. Camesasca, L'opera completa di Bernardo Bellotto , Milan, 1974, p. 100, no. 107A (as an entirely or mostly autograph replica

Provenance:

Emile Pereire (1800-1875);. Probably anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 24-25 May 1935, lot 47; . With Knoedler; . From whom acquired by Dorothy Willard in 1938; . With Knoedler by 1950; . From whom acquired by Hirsch & Adler in 1956; . With Arturo Grassi, New York; . Private collection; . Anonymous sale ('Property of a Family'), New York, Christie's, 24 January 2003, lot 163, where acquired by the present collector for $880,000